Blindfold Collection

Young woman with blindfold balancing on diving board

Fortuna by Ernest Board
Painting depicting a blindfolded woman playing a fateful game of cards. Date: 1911

Poster for Stephen Dwoskin Season at BFI Southbank (1 - 31 May 2009)
Stephen Dwoskin Dyn Amo

Initiation of a freemason
The initiation ceremony of a freemason (central detail); watercolour in the Musee du Grand Orient de France de la Franc-Maconnerie Europeene. Date: 19th Century

Statue of Lady Justice with sword, scales and blindfold, Old Bailey, Central Criminal Court, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Helen Duncan - Ectoplasm & Teleplasmic hand
Piece of card showing two undated photographs of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance, producing " ectoplasm" and a " hand"

Guillotine
Petri Damstén

Paris Masons, 1740
Freemasons in a Masonic Lodge in Paris perform a ritual. A symbol covered banner is laid on the floor while a blindfolded man, an arm & shoulder bared, is led forth

Sculpture on Synagogue, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
Sculpture on the Synagogue, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France, a Romanesque revival building which was destroyed during the Second World War. Date: circa 1920s

The House that Jack Built
Promotional postcard for The House that Jack Built, Howard and Wyndhams Royal Pantomime, at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, 14th December 1911

Justice Personified
Justice holding scales to symbolise even-handedness, stability and equality

Chinese rice mill with blindfolded mules turning a millstone, Qing Dynasty
FLO4590500 Chinese rice mill with blindfolded mules turning a millstone, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste

The blindfolded Austrian officer (Prince Maurice Liechtenstein) forced to capitulate to Napoleon Bonaparte at
FLO4608502 The blindfolded Austrian officer (Prince Maurice Liechtenstein) forced to capitulate to Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Ulm, 1805

Even when you are blind you see
Farid Kazamil

Illustration from Bureval, Issue 1, pub. St. Petersburg, 1906 (colour litho)
2906957 Illustration from Bureval, Issue 1, pub. St. Petersburg, 1906 (colour litho); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection.

She is certainly not blind to her own beauty
Carola Kayen-Mouthaan

Pendenciero
Josebayon

blindness
Niloophar Yaghoobi

Wrapped
Colin Dixon

Simply Red
Colin Dixon

Illustration for Becker's Almanac for 1800, c1800. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Becker's Almanac for 1800, c1800. Plate: Plate 8

Mr. Morphy, the Celebrated Chessplayer, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Morphy, the Celebrated Chessplayer, 1858....this remarkable young chessplayer...[has performed an] astounding feat at Birmingham in conducting eight games blindfold at the same time against eight

Sketches of Native Life in India - Hunting Leopard, Bengal, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches of Native Life in India - Hunting Leopard, Bengal, 1858. We are indebted to the sketch-book of Mr. Marshall Claxton for the...series of characteristic Sketches of a few of the manners

Le Saut du Pape, 1857. Creator: Félicien Rops
Le Saut du Pape, 1857. Periodical: Uylenspiegel, no. 7, 17 March 1857

Venus blindfolds Cupid's eyes, mid-16th century. Creator: Andrea Schiavone
Venus blindfolds Cupid's eyes, mid-16th century

A Frolic at the Old Homestead, 1887. Creator: John Rogers
A Frolic at the Old Homestead, 1887

Design for a theatre piece: the blindfolded Amaryllis grabs Mirtillo, 1715-1798. Creator: Dionys van Nijmegen
Design for a theatre piece: the blindfolded Amaryllis grabs Mirtillo, 1715-1798. Design for a painting

Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1690-1700. Creator: Arnold Houbraken
Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1690-1700. On his way to the Trojan War, the Greek king Agamemnon offended the goddess Artemis by hunting and killing one of her sacred stags

L'arbre de la liberté, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
L'arbre de la liberte, 19th century. The Tree of Freedom

Putti Playing, 1700-1720. Creator: Hendrik van Limborch
Putti Playing, 1700-1720

Faith. Allegorical Female Figure, 1590-1642. Creator: Guido Reni
Faith. Allegorical Female Figure, 1590-1642

Julestuen (The Christmas Party)...Holberg Gallery. Scenes from Ludvig Holberg's comedies, 1814
Julestuen (The Christmas Party), 13. scene; Holberg Gallery. Scenes from Ludvig Holberg's comedies, 1814

Judgment Day, Los Angeles, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
Judgment Day, Los Angeles, [193-]. Hollywood Playhouse - Elmer Rice's "Judgment Day"...Work Progress Administration'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

Blind man's buff, after Fragonard. Creator: Unknown
Blind man's buff, after Fragonard. (Le colin-maillard, d'apres Fragonard)

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 19ème arrondissement : Les activités... 1880
Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 19eme arrondissement : Les activites du 19eme arrondissement (Plafond), 1880

Joconde: Le lit. Creator: Charles Louis Lingée
Joconde: Le lit

Joconde: Le lit. Creator: Charles Louis Lingée
Joconde: Le lit

Judgment Day, San Diego, 1938. Creator: Unknown
Judgment Day, San Diego, 1938. Play by Elmer Rice. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935

The Blindfolding of Cupid, after 1797. Creator: George Romney
The Blindfolding of Cupid, after 1797

Colin Maillard, 1760. Creator: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet
Colin Maillard, 1760

Oboshi Yuranosuke at the Ichiriki Teahouse, from scene VII in the Storehouse of... Japan, c1785/89
Oboshi Yuranosuke at the Ichiriki Teahouse, from scene VII in the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, Japan, c. 1785/89

Masonic Initiation ceremony of a male Freemason, early 19th century (w / c on paper)
CHT195226 Masonic Initiation ceremony of a male Freemason, early 19th century (w/c on paper) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Franc-MaAzonnerie, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French

Hope, 1886, (1912). Artist: George Frederick Watts
Hope, 1886, (1912). Painting held at the Tate Britain, London. From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

not see
Amir Heydari

Ethereal
Hugo Gonçalves

Don't Look, Don't Tell
Petri Damstén

Blindmans Buff (Le Colin-Maillard) c. 1755-80 (oil on canvas)
TMK282567 Blindmans Buff (Le Colin-Maillard) c.1755-80 (oil on canvas) by Fragonard, Jean-Honore (1732-1806); 62.5x45.1 cm; The Putnam Foundation, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego

Chinese rice mill with blindfolded mules turning a millstone, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

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"Unveiling the Secrets: The Blindfolded Journey of Freemasons" In the depths of secrecy, a young woman stands poised on a diving board, blindfolded. Balancing between fear and courage, she symbolizes the initiation into an ancient brotherhood - the Freemasons. At the Old Bailey in London, Lady Justice stands tall with her sword and scales, her eyes hidden behind a blindfold. She represents impartiality and fairness in the pursuit of justice. Intriguingly, Helen Duncan's name arises - known for her supernatural abilities to summon ectoplasm and teleplasmic hands from another realm. A mysterious connection to unseen forces that transcends our understanding. Ernest Board's sculpture "Fortuna" captures Fortuna's essence as she too wears a blindfold. Luck remains unpredictable; it favors no one but reveals its hand only when it chooses. A poster promoting Stephen Dwoskin Season at BFI Southbank transports us to May 2009. Perhaps this event held secrets waiting to be uncovered by those willing to explore with their senses masked. Delving deeper into history takes us back to Paris in 1740 where Masons gather under veiled gazes. Their rituals shrouded in mystery as they seek enlightenment through shared experiences. The guillotine looms ominously - an instrument that brought swift justice during tumultuous times. Its blade falling upon both guilty and innocent alike, reminding us of humanity's capacity for both righteousness and cruelty. On a synagogue in Strasbourg stands a sculpted figure adorned with a blindfold. It serves as a reminder that faith can sometimes require trust without sight – believing even when answers elude us. "The House That Jack Built, " an enigmatic tale woven through time immemorial echoes whispers of hidden truths concealed beneath layers of symbolism and allegory. Justice personified emerges from these fragments – elusive yet ever-present amidst our quest for truth.