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  • Blind Asylum Chapel, Liverpool, Merseyside: with scale. Line engraving by E. Smith, 1819, after J. Fisher junior.
  • Three schoolboys giving charity to a blind beggar. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1784, after W.R. Bigg.
  • Tobias curing the blindness of Tobit, with Anna. Oil painting after G.W. Horst.
  • A man in a workshop with a hand over his eyes in anguish while dropping a sharp tool with the other hand; two details of eyes appear in the top corners. Line engraving.
  • Isaac fooled into blessing Jacob with Rebekah present, while Esau hunts venison. Woodcut attributed to C. van Sichem the elder.
  • Tobias curing the blindness of Tobit, with Anna. Oil painting after G.W. Horst.
  • The blinding of Tobit by bird-droppings falling on his eyes. Woodcut by M. van Heemskerck.
  • Tobias curing his father's blindness. Mezzotint by J. Young after B. West, 1792.
  • Institution for the Blind, Philadelphia. Lithograph by J.C. Wild.
  • Blessings given at the High Church of Our Beloved Lady involving the expulsion of devils and curing of blind and lame people. Etching.
  • A blind man on his knees begging, a woman and dog behind him. Coloured stipple engraving.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • Paul undergoes a mystical experience on the way to Damascus; he falls from his horse. Mixed media colour print by E. Kirkall, 1723, after J. da Palma, il Giovane.
  • Elymas (also known as Bar-Jesus) the magician is rendered blind by Paul in front of the proconsul of Cyprus. Mezzotint by J. Simon after Raphael.
  • John Milton dictating 'Paradise Lost' to his daughter due to his blindness. Line engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • Tobias curing the eyesight of Tobit under the direction of Raphael, two cherubs hold up a banner with printed text and a coat of arms, while a crowd pray to an angel. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, c. 1686, after G. Freman.
  • A gang of hunters pretend to wash their eyes with a slimy substance, thus fooling the monkeys, who 'ape' them and blind themselves, allowing the hunters to move in. Line engraving by J. Collaert after J. van der Straet, c. 1610.
  • Christ cures a blind man by laying his hand on his eyes. Etching.
  • Men vainly seeking alchemical 'white' (mercurial) water in the ground and in trees. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Tobias anointing his father Tobit's eyes. Black chalk drawing.
  • John Keiling, known as Blind Jack, played the flageolet through his nose. Line engraving by R. Graves.
  • Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.
  • A man in a leather jacket wearing sunglasses with one eye covered with a green condom; a warning about the dangers of being (colour) blind to AIDS by ConaSIDA. Colour lithograph by Gabriel Figueroa Flores, ca. 1994.
  • A blind man walks in Covent Garden, begging for money with hat and placard, stops at two ladies, one who gives him money, meanwhile a young fop helps a lady from a carriage. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, c. 1802.
  • John Richards, a blind beggar. Etching, 1803, after J. Nixon.
  • Tobit is cured of his blindness. Etching after G. Zocchi.
  • Blind Asylum, Manchester, England. Line engraving, 1864.
  • Institution for the Blind, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Christ heals blind Bartimeus in the evening. Stipple engraving by Lecomte after Deveria.
  • Margaret M'Avoy, blind but with remarkable perception. Stipple print, 1819.