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  • The rear view of two teddies seated with their arms wrapped around each other and the message in French 'Love is blind. AIDS: Learn, Protect yourself!'; with contact details for the Aids Info SIDA in Brussels. Colour lithograph by René Demarets, ca. 1997.
  • The two angels visitng Lot's house in Sodom pull him back into his house, away from the rapacious, blinded mob. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
  • Oliver Caswell and Laura Bridgman reading embossed letters from a book. Lithograph by W. Sharp, 1844, after A. Fisher.
  • A 'kuttar' or line of blind beggars in a row, two other men in discussion, Kabul, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph after L.W. Hart, 1843.
  • Christ heals the dumb and blind demoniac. Etching.
  • A pair of red eyes crossed through with purple lines. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • Institution for the Blind, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Wood engraving.
  • William Taylor, a boy born blind, looking in a mirror after his sight had been restored by surgery. Etching by T. Worlidge, 1751.
  • The parable of the blind leading the blind: two blind men walk into a stream. Engraving after H. Bosch.
  • The hollow eyes of blind Tobit are anointed with fish gall by Tobias. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet, 1767, after R. Earlom after Agostino Carracci.
  • Margeret M'Avoy, blind but with remarkable perception. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.
  • Tobias curing his father's (Tobit) eyesight three others and a dog look on. Line engraving by J. Jenkins after A. Carracci.
  • The parable of the blind leading the blind: six blind men walk in a line, the leader trips over, the second stumbles over him, the rest are set to follow. Process print after by P. Bruegel the elder, 1568.
  • Men vainly seeking alchemical 'white' (mercurial) water in the ground and in trees. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • A blind hurdy gurdy player and his son and two dancing dogs. Coloured lithograph by White after E.J. Pigal.
  • A lame man and a blind man go to court; the lawyer eats oysters and gives them the empty shells. Mezzotint, 1779.
  • Sir John Fielding wearing a blindfold sits in a chair holding instruments of justice before Madam Cornelys on the shoulders of a lawyer and the Duchess of Northumberland. Engraving, 1771.
  • A blind-folded man dressed in black stands in the corner of a room open to the sky; he looks down at a white skull, representing ignorance of the lethal effects of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Moebius, 1993.
  • Eye conditions and treatments: preventing blindness in Kenya through primary health care. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • An elephant with a blind man wearing glasses and holding a stick who prods the mammal in numerous places including hanging from its tusk; an advertisement for AIDS awareness by lAshraya, the AIDS Awareness and Counselling Centre, a Project of IMA Blood Bank. Colour lithograph by Meridian Ad Systems, Cochin, ca. 1998.
  • Elymas (also known as Bar-Jesus) the magician is rendered blind by Paul in front of the proconsul of Cyprus. Engraving by C. Dubosc after Raphael.
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Engraving.
  • Jack Keiling, known as Blind Jack, played the flageolet through his nose. Mezzotint.
  • Elymas the sorcerer struck with blindness. Engraving by T. Holloway, J. Holloway, R. Slann and T.S. Webb, 1820, after Raphael.
  • An old blind man holding a child walks guided by his stick and dog. Coloured watercolour drawing by R.R.S.
  • Treating eye infections in newborns as a result of STD's in Kenya. Colour lithograph by the STD Control Unit, Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • Christ cures blind Bartimeus near a temple. Etching.
  • Special treatment and cure without operation : Mr. Ison's system of treatment of eye and ear diseases is simply perfection ... / Ison's Eye aand Ear Dispensary Ltd.
  • René-Just Haüy and his brother Valentin. Engraving by A. Boilly after J. Boilly.
  • A pair of red eyes crossed through with purple lines. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.