Disability Collection (page 9)

A Blind Man (The Wayfarers), 1863. Creator: Fred Walker
A Blind Man (The Wayfarers), 1863

Having said that, this poor invalid gives us a curtsy, and goes hobbling off from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals, ca. 1837-47

Saint Louis giving alms to the poor, 1735. Creator: Giovanni Francesco Braccioli
Saint Louis giving alms to the poor, 1735

Studies of lame pilgrims, Edo period, 19th century. Creator: Hokusai
Studies of lame pilgrims, Edo period, 19th century

No. 4: Cook, February 15, 1799. Creator: Henri Merke
No. 4: Cook, February 15, 1799

Al-Arm (oil on panel)
6334999 Al-Arm (oil on panel) by Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de (1589-1662); 36.8x28.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: This humorous)

The Beggars or The Cripples - oil on wood, 1568
LRI4577269 The Beggars or The Cripples - oil on wood, 1568 by Brueghel, Pieter The Elder (c.1525-69); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: The beggars Groups of disabled dead and miserable)

Eyes closed - oil on cardboard, 1890
LRI4579986 Eyes closed - oil on cardboard, 1890 by Redon, Odilon (1840-1916); Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: Les yeux clos Painting by Odilon Redon (1840-1916) 1890 Sun

A Staffordshire Portrait Group of the Death of Nelson, (ceramic)
986130 A Staffordshire Portrait Group of the Death of Nelson, (ceramic) by English School; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Staffordshire Portrait Group of the Death of Nelson. Made circa 1845)

Talking Politics, (oil on panel)
658639 Talking Politics, (oil on panel) by Friedlander, Friedrich (1825-1901); 39.5x31.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Talking Politics. Friedlich Friedlander (1825-1901). Oil on panel

Conway Castle, with John Smith The Blind Harper in the foreground, 1796 (pencil
824085 Conway Castle, with John Smith The Blind Harper in the foreground, 1796 (pencil, pen and ink) by Ibbetson, Julius Caesar (1759-1817); 36.3x50.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Plate 562. Lateral Curvature of Spine; Walking, 1885 (collotype on paper)
3950538 Plate 562. Lateral Curvature of Spine; Walking, 1885 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 15.7x46.4 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Plate 548. Lateral Sclerosis; A, B, Walking, 1885 (collotype on paper)
3950524 Plate 548. Lateral Sclerosis; A, B, Walking, 1885 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 22.2x32.1 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Plate 541. Multiple Cerebro-Spinal Sclerosis (Choreic); Walking
3950517 Plate 541. Multiple Cerebro-Spinal Sclerosis (Choreic); Walking, 1885 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 21.1x36 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy

Plate 540. A, Bow Legs; Boy; B, Spinal Caries; Girl Walking, 1885 (collotype on paper)
3950516 Plate 540.A, Bow Legs; Boy; B, Spinal Caries; Girl Walking, 1885 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 16x45.4 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy

Plate 538. Double Amputation of Thighs; Boy; A, Moving Foward, 1885 (collotype on paper)
3950514 Plate 538. Double Amputation of Thighs; Boy; A, Moving Foward, 1885 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 16.5x44.5 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy

Plate 186. Hopping on Right Foot, 1885 (collotype on paper)
3950511 Plate 186. Hopping on Right Foot, 1885 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 19.8x35.6 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Le Gite de la Taupe (engraving)
3645427 Le Gite de la Taupe (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Gite de la Taupe. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1867)

Jesus gives sight to one born blind (coloured engraving)
3648344 Jesus gives sight to one born blind (coloured engraving) by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jesus gives sight to one born blind)

Blind (engraving)
3626125 Blind (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blind. Illustration for Chatterbox (1869). Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

Whereas I was blind, now I see (engraving)
3625267 Whereas I was blind, now I see (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Whereas I was blind, now I see)

The Cricket On The Hearth by Charles Dickens
3750132 The Cricket On The Hearth by Charles Dickens by Copping, Harold (1863-1932); (add.info.: The Cricket On The Hearth by Charles Dickens)

Nikolai Kobelkoff, Russian circus performer born without arms or legs (b / w photo)
3656213 Nikolai Kobelkoff, Russian circus performer born without arms or legs (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nikolai Kobelkoff (1851-1933)

A Blind Man and Dog (engraving)
3654580 A Blind Man and Dog (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Blind Man and Dog)

Blind Man from the Quinze-Vingts Hospital (engraving)
3648006 Blind Man from the Quinze-Vingts Hospital (engraving) by Bouchardon, Edme (1698-1762) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blind Man from the Quinze-Vingts Hospital)

There was an old Lady of Perth (engraving)
3622891 There was an old Lady of Perth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: There was an old Lady of Perth)

Pensioners Ward, Royal Hospital, Chelsea (colour litho)
3643284 Pensioners Ward, Royal Hospital, Chelsea (colour litho) by Flower, Charles Edwin (1871-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pensioners Ward, Royal Hospital, Chelsea)

Disabled girls making artificial roses for Alexandra Day (b / w photo)
3637621 Disabled girls making artificial roses for Alexandra Day (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of a Bristol Character, John Baggridge, of St. Philips (woodcut)
3504917 Portrait of a Bristol Character, John Baggridge, of St. Philips (woodcut) by Dempsey, John Church (c.1803-77); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

The Blind Man, 19th century (etching)
6200241 The Blind Man, 19th century (etching) by Walker, Frederick (1840-75); 11.4x14.9 cm; The McManus, Dundee, UK; (add.info.: Orchar Collection); Dundee Art Galleries and Museums; English

Our Visit to Grandpa (engraving)
6007149 Our Visit to Grandpa (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our Visit to Grandpa)

Hans Christian Andersen: The Galoshes Of Fortune (litho)
5988969 Hans Christian Andersen: The Galoshes Of Fortune (litho) by Whistler, Rex (1905-44) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Some were blind, some crawled about with withered limbs)

Man with two wooden legs extolling the health benefits of paddling in the sea (colour litho)
5999957 Man with two wooden legs extolling the health benefits of paddling in the sea (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Colour Blindness (colour litho)
5998389 Colour Blindness (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colour Blindness)

Beggar with a crippled hand, c. 1629 (etching)
5979147 Beggar with a crippled hand, c.1629 (etching) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 9.9x4.2 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Poster advertising concerts by Picco, a blind Sardinian Minstrel at St Jamess Theatre, London (litho)
6032971 Poster advertising concerts by Picco, a blind Sardinian Minstrel at St Jamess Theatre, London (litho) by English School

The blind newsdealer, Frederick Rode and the southeast corner of Broadway & 41st St
5890550 The blind newsdealer, Frederick Rode and the southeast corner of Broadway & 41st St. A Western Union sign is visible in the window behind Mr

Ludwig van Beethoven conducting an orchestra despite his deafness (engraving)
5207918 Ludwig van Beethoven conducting an orchestra despite his deafness (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Musical Instruction of the Blind in the Paris Blind School (engraving)
1057532 Musical Instruction of the Blind in the Paris Blind School (engraving) by Linton, James Dromgole (1840-1916); Private Collection; (add.info)

Christmas Entertainment at the Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind, Upper Norwood (engraving)
1037851 Christmas Entertainment at the Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind, Upper Norwood (engraving) by English School

The late Right Honourable Henry Fawcett, MP, Postmaster-General (engraving)
1622892 The late Right Honourable Henry Fawcett, MP, Postmaster-General (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The late Right Honourable Henry Fawcett, MP)

Blind Cyclists on their Way from London to Derby (engraving)
1041657 Blind Cyclists on their Way from London to Derby (engraving) by Staniland, Charles J. (1838-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blind Cyclists on their Way from London to Derby)

Royal Patronage of the Normal College for the Blind (litho)
1629639 Royal Patronage of the Normal College for the Blind (litho) by Cleaver, Ralph (fl.1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Royal Patronage of the Normal College for the Blind)

Croesus, king of Lydia, is saved from death by the voice of his deaf and dumb son (litho)
976599 Croesus, king of Lydia, is saved from death by the voice of his deaf and dumb son (litho) by Brock, Charles Edmund (1870-1938) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Croesus, king of Lydia)

Mistletoe (colour litho)
976286 Mistletoe (colour litho) by Eland, John Shenton (1873-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mistletoe. Illustration for Flower Legends for Children Told by Hilda Murray Pictured by Js Eland)

Aveugle (chromolitho)
975971 Aveugle (chromolitho) by Borgex, Louis (fl.1897); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aveugle. French educational card, late 19th/early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Commodore Trunnion and Jack Hatchway, c. 1839 (oil on canvas)
1070379 Commodore Trunnion and Jack Hatchway, c.1839 (oil on canvas) by Edmonds, Francis William (1806-63); 64.8x55.9 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

The Gout, 1799 (hand-coloured soft-ground etching on wove paper)
995994 The Gout, 1799 (hand-coloured soft-ground etching on wove paper) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); 26.6x36.2 cm; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

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