Blindness Collection

Simeon in the Temple, c. 1668-1669, by Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Simeon in the Temple, c.1668-1669. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Louis Braille - inventor of system of raised-point writing
Louis Braille (1809-1852) - French inventor of system of raised-point writing for the blind. Date: circa 1850

John Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission. Blind and Crippled Girls making artificial flowers. John Grooms vision for orphaned and disabled girls

Cock Pit / Hogarth
THE COCK PIT Satirical illustration showing blindness of man drawn into betting on match, and other debauchery

Cupid's hunting fields, 1880 (oil on canvas)
930319 Cupid's hunting fields, 1880 (oil on canvas) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Blind news dealer, John Martie, at his stand at the south end of the Municipal Building
5890540 Blind news dealer, John Martie, at his stand at the south end of the Municipal Building, New York, 1926 (b/w photo) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); Museum of the City of New York

"Oedipe et Antigone"La jeune fille aide son vieux pere aveugle a marcher
FIA5352169 " Oedipe et Antigone" La jeune fille aide son vieux pere aveugle a marcher. Peinture de Karl Pavlovich Briullov (Brioullov) (1799-1852) 1821 State Art Museum, Tyumen by Briullov

Blind Italian soldier - WWI
Italian soldiers blinded during World War One - a poem explaining their fate. Date: circa 1918

Luigi Groto, Italian poet
Luigi Groto (1541-1585), Italian poet. The circular Italian inscription gives his name, calls him the blind man of Hadria (referring to Adria, northern Italy)

Engraving depicting blind inmates of the Stepney Workhouse, 19th century
5308695 Engraving depicting blind inmates of the Stepney Workhouse, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting blind inmates of the Stepney Workhouse)

A braille typewriter
5311977 A braille typewriter; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a braille typewriter. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A Statue Of Peeping Tom Of Coventry. Legend Tells That A Man Named Tom Watched Lady Godiva Ride Naked Through The
UIG5420267 A Statue Of Peeping Tom Of Coventry. Legend Tells That A Man Named Tom Watched Lady Godiva Ride Naked Through The Streets Of Coventry And Was Struck Blind

Music teacher at a home for blind children, historical illustration, wood engraving, about 1888
UIG5414415 Music teacher at a home for blind children, historical illustration, wood engraving, about 1888; UIG.

A blind fiddler and an organ grinder in a London street
5310173 A blind fiddler and an organ grinder in a London street; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a blind fiddler and an 'Italian' organ grinder in a London street)

Criminals and police
5616129 Criminals and police; (add.info.: Cartoon satirizing criminals carrying out their activates, unseen by a blindfolded policeman. 19th Century. 01/01/1875); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Lazarillo de Tormes and His Blind Master, before 1880 (oil on fabric)
XOS5879766 Lazarillo de Tormes and His Blind Master, before 1880 (oil on fabric) by Ribot, Auguste Theodule (1823-91); 108x90 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Badge, Belle, Bench, Blind, Block, Block, Board, Brace, Brace, Bread, Break, Brick (engraving)
8651805 Badge, Belle, Bench, Blind, Block, Block, Board, Brace, Brace, Bread, Break, Brick (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Badge, Belle, Bench)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Fantasy photo showing a blind violinist playing music at the door of a building
LUX4818010 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Fantasy photo showing a blind violinist playing music at the door of a building, 1862; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

Guerison of the blind-ne who rinses his eyes from the mud applied by Jesus
ELD4949143 Guerison of the blind-ne who rinses his eyes from the mud applied by Jesus, in the Siloe reservoir (Healing the man blind from birth)

Character of the Bible: An old Hebrew man blind with his daughter who can represent Tobit or the miracle of Christ
NWI4877555 Character of the Bible: An old Hebrew man blind with his daughter who can represent Tobit or the miracle of Christ

CRUZ VAZQUEZ, Manual of the (1750-1792). " Ciego con la guitarra y el perro" (Blindman with guitar and dog)
CUL4869861 CRUZ VAZQUEZ, Manual of the (1750-1792). " Ciego con la guitarra y el perro" (Blindman with guitar and dog)

Representation of the Greek poet Homere (7th century BC) with his guide. 19th century
ELD4898478 Representation of the Greek poet Homere (7th century BC) with his guide. 19th century (engraving from "Les grandes infortunes" by Changer et Spont)

Les GUEUX- aveugle et son compagnon engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
JEB4889619 Les GUEUX- aveugle et son compagnon engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13,9x8,7 Collection privee.; (add.info)

France: South of France, a soldier who seems blind reading braille accompanied by a standing soldier poses in front of
LUX4777257 France: South of France, a soldier who seems blind reading braille accompanied by a standing soldier poses in front of a painted decor held by 2 half camouflees women, 1920 - regiment 3

Merchants itinerant on the boulevards, a salesman of herbal tea with his barrel on his back, a blind man with his dog
FLO4718498 Merchants itinerant on the boulevards, a salesman of herbal tea with his barrel on his back, a blind man with his dog

Nicholas Saunderson
3478687 Nicholas Saunderson; (add.info.: Portrait of Nicholas Saunderson (1682-1739) a blind English scientist and mathematician. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The blind man being visited by death
3478685 The blind man being visited by death; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the blind man being visited by 'death'. Dated 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Blind guests arriving at St Phillips Institute for afternoon tea, 1850
3478672 Blind guests arriving at St Phillips Institute for afternoon tea, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting blind guests arriving at St. Phillips Institute for afternoon tea)

A blind woman, 1850
3478667 A blind woman, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting blind woman learning to read at the London Society for Teaching Reading to the Blind)

Blind women looks out of her window, 1882
3479054 Blind women looks out of her window, 1882; (add.info.: Temptress looking out of her garret window onto Smokey surroundings, cheered only by the song of the linnet which, being blind)

Isaac blesses Jacob, chromolithograph from a home bible, 1870
UIG5413210 Isaac blesses Jacob, chromolithograph from a home bible, 1870; UIG.

Lemming, hamster, songar rat, blind mole-rat, perfuming shrew (muskrat), and elephant shrew Lemmus lemmus
5856444 Lemming, hamster, songar rat, blind mole-rat, perfuming shrew (muskrat), and elephant shrew Lemmus lemmus, Cricetus cricetus, Mus songarus, Spalax microphthalmus, Ondatra zibethicus

Blind Massager - Blind Shampoo - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979911 Blind Massager - Blind Shampoo - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Blind Massager - Blind Shampoo - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF

Greece, Chania, Crete: Katotiana, animated scene, a blind walking in the street, 1908
LUX4764607 Greece, Chania, Crete: Katotiana, animated scene, a blind walking in the street, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Chania, Crete: Katotiana, animated scene, a blind walking in the street)

Interior of the Wedgwood and Byerley shop on St. James Square, London, 1809
FLO4688934 Interior of the Wedgwood and Byerley shop on St. James Square, London, 1809. Chromolithograph (after an illustration in the Repository of Arts) from Frederick Rathone's Old Wedgwood

GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jose (1886-1945). El cartel del crimen (El musico ciego) - the crime cartel (the blind musician). ca
CUL4863269 GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jose (1886-1945). El cartel del crimen (El musico ciego) - the crime cartel (the blind musician). ca. 1920. (78 x 64 cm). Oil on canvas

The blind man being visited by death
3478605 The blind man being visited by death; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the blind man being visited by 'death'. Dated 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A Cornemuse, Calabrian Bagpipe and Musette, 1888
1578349 A Cornemuse, Calabrian Bagpipe and Musette, 1888; (add.info.: Cornemuse, Calabrian Bagpipe (Zampogna) and Musette

Portrait of Henry Fawcett
672621 Portrait of Henry Fawcett; (add.info.: Henry Fawcett - Woodbury Henry Fawcett (26 August 1833 - 6 November 1884) was a blind British academic

The Parable of the Great Supper (oil on canvas)
CRD127286 The Parable of the Great Supper (oil on canvas) by Thornycroft, Theresa Georgina (b.1853); 73.5x95.2 cm; Croydon Art Collection, Museum of Croydon

Printing Key Frame, by which the Blind may Write (engraving)
8661537 Printing Key Frame, by which the Blind may Write (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Printing Key Frame, by which the Blind may Write)

The blind and the paralytic, 19th century (illustration)
8822189 The blind and the paralytic, 19th century (illustration) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Blinding of Elymas, 1515 (painting)
3481091 The Blinding of Elymas, 1515 (painting); Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: The Blinding of Elymas (cartoon for the Sistine Chapel) 1515

Blind man's bluff, society people, historical wood engraving, about 1897
UIG5414495 Blind man's bluff, society people, historical wood engraving, about 1897; UIG.

France, Photograph of a blind person doing the almone and titled: 'Don't forget a poor blind', 1863
LUX4731427 France, Photograph of a blind person doing the almone and titled: 'Don't forget a poor blind', 1863; (add.info.: France)

Meaux, Seine and Marne (77), Ile de France, France, Portrait of two blind shaking hands in front of a painted
LUX4731376 Meaux, Seine and Marne (77), Ile de France, France, Portrait of two blind shaking hands in front of a painted background, 1872; (add.info.: Meaux, Seine and Marne (77), Ile de France

Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Gironde (33), Aquitaine, France, Photography of a blind man with his black glasses, 1870
LUX4733630 Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Gironde (33), Aquitaine, France, Photography of a blind man with his black glasses, 1870; (add.info.: Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Gironde (33), Aquitaine, France

La Baionnette, Satirical in Colours, 1915_11_18: War of 14 -18, Germany Prussia
ICA4933725 La Baionnette, Satirical in Colours, 1915_11_18: War of 14 -18, Germany Prussia, Belligerants and Symbols - Verite (Allegory of) - Illustration by Pierre E

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Blindness, a profound condition that transcends time and cultures, has been depicted in various forms of art throughout history. From Simeon in the Temple by Rembrandt to Oedipe et Antigone by Karl Pavlovich Briullov, these masterpieces capture the struggles and triumphs of those who navigate life without sight. In 1668-1669, Rembrandt's Simeon in the Temple portrays an elderly man with impaired vision seeking solace within sacred walls. His blind eyes reflect wisdom gained through a lifetime of experiences. Louis Braille, the brilliant inventor behind raised-point writing system for visually impaired individuals, revolutionized education for countless people worldwide. His innovation empowered them to communicate and learn independently. The John Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission stands as a testament to society's efforts to support those affected by blindness. This organization provided care and opportunities for blind individuals during challenging times. Karl Pavlovich Briullov's painting depicts a heartwarming scene where a young girl guides her aging father with visual impairment. The bond between them is evident as she selflessly aids him on his journey through life. Even war could not extinguish the resilience of blind soldiers like the Italian soldier from World War I. Their courage serves as inspiration despite facing unimaginable hardships on both physical and emotional levels. Luigi Groto, an Italian poet who lost his sight later in life due to illness, continued creating beautiful verses despite his darkness. His poetic spirit shines brightly even when surrounded by shadows. Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria under an electron microscope reminds us that they are also be caused by diseases such as trachoma—a preventable yet devastating ailment affecting millions around the world today. Artistic depictions like The Waters of Lethe remind us that blindness is not limited to physical sight alone; it can also manifest metaphorically as forgetfulness or loss of memory.