Disabilities Collection (page 5)

Beggars, 15th-16th century, (1943). Creators: Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Beggars, 15th-16th century, (1943). Studies of disabled people. Drawing in the Albertina Museum, Vienna. From " Europaische Handzeichnungen", (Five Hundred Years of European Drawings)

Toby, a well known imposter, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Toby, a well known imposter, 1822. Portrait of a man on crutches, holding out a hat, with a scarf around his head and eyes

Governor Stuyvesant Destroying The Summons To Surrender, (1877). Creator: Unknown
Governor Stuyvesant Destroying The Summons To Surrender, (1877). Dutch soldier and colonial administrator Peter Stuyvesant (c1612-1672)

Milton, (mid 19th century). Creator: William French
Milton, (mid 19th century). Portrait of English poet John Milton (1608-1674), whose most famous work is his epic " Paradise Lost", first published in 1667

Old age and poverty, 15th century, (1849). Creator: H Moulin
Old age and poverty, 15th century, (1849). An elderly woman on crutches, representing old age, and a figure in rags with a begging bowl, representing poverty

Honest Jack Tars of the Period, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Honest Jack Tars of the Period, 1897. Sailors in 16th-century ruffs make merry by a cosy fire. One appears to be cooking a pocket watch

The Blind Beggar, 1853, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
The Blind Beggar, 1853, (c1902). After a painting in the National Gallery, London. Scene outside a church of a blind man clutching rosary beads, accompanied by a young girl

With Disabled Ex-Servicemen, c1936, (1937)
With Disabled Ex-Servicemen, c1936 (1937). From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908
Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls sit at desks, possibly reading Braille, in a rather bare room

Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Penge, 1908
Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Versailles Road, Penge, 1908. Boys at work in the Shoemakers Shop; pieces of leather lie on the floor in the foreground

Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, Old Kent Road, Southwark, London, 1813

St Peter healing the Cripple at Lystra, c1810-c1844. Artist: Henry Corbould
St Peter healing the Cripple at Lystra, c1810-c1844

Christ healing the Paralysed Man let down by Ropes, c1810-c1844

The Walking Stationer, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby
The Walking Stationer, 1760. A blind stationery seller with a child, to lead him. He carries a basket of memorandum books. From Cries of London, 1760

Michel Petrucciani, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1990. Artist: Brian O Connor
Michel Petrucciani, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1990

Paraplegic bus, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 1960. Artist: Michael Walters
Paraplegic bus, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 1960. By 1960, facilities for the disabled were being developed and access to transport was an important part of this

Archery practice at the CISWO paraplegic centre, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 1960. Residents and visitors take time out from learning new work skills

Retraining at a paraplegic centre in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 1960
Retraining at the CISWO paraplegic centre in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 1960. CISWO is the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation

Dining hall of the CISWO paraplegic centre, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 1960. Artist
Dining hall of the CISWO paraplegic centre, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 1960. Residents and visitors take time out from retaining for new skills to have lunch

CISWO paraplegic centre, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 1960. Artist: Michael Walters
CISWO paraplegic centre, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 1960. CISWO is the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation. Some of the residents of the centre were miners who had met with an accident at

Two Bond disabled cars outside the CISWO paraplegic centre, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 1960. CISWO is the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation

Blind beggars of Tehran, Persia, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Advert For A Concert, 1917. Artist: Garratt & Atkinson
Advert For A Concert, 1917. An advert advertising a concert for the benefit of soldiers injured during World War I. Image printed with Mander Brothers inks. From The British Printer Vol. XXX

A Blind Beggar, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
A Blind Beggar, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

The Polling, Plate III from The Humours of an Election, 1757. Artist: William Hogarth
The Polling, Plate III from The Humours of an Election, 1757. This series of four plates depicts the Oxfordshire parliamentary election of 1754

With Disabled Ex-Service Men, 1922 (1937). The Duke of York meeting injured servicemen at the England versus Scotland football match at Stamford Bridge, London, May 1922

Blind basket-makers at work, Tottenham Court Road, London, c1901 (1903). In 1854 The Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind was established by Elizabeth Margaretta Maria Gilbert

Girls at needlework, Halliwick School For Girls, Marylebone Road, London, c1903 (1903). Halliwick School for Girls, established in 1851 by Miss Caroline Blunt

Drawn at Salisbury, c1800. Artist: George Scharf
Drawn at Salisbury, c1800. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1929]

A Blind Girl of Rome, c18th century. Artist: Thomas Gaugain
A Blind Girl of Rome, c18th century. From The Connoisseur Vol. XX. [Otto Limited, London, 1908]

Alexander H Stephens, American politician, and a servant, c1870s (1955). Stephens (1812-1883) served as Vice-president of the Confederacy during the American Civil War

School for the Indigent Blind, Westminster Road, London, 1829. Artist: R Acon
School for the Indigent Blind, Westminster Road, London, 1829

A French Frigate Towing an English Man-of-War into Port, late 18th-early 19th century, (1929). Illustration from the Apollo Volume X, no 55, (July 1929)

Disabled girls working at the Watercress and Flower Girls Christian Mission, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock

Woman with bound feet, China, 19th century. Artist: E Ronjat
Woman with bound feet, China, 19th century

Calligraphic exhibition bill of Matthew Buchinger, Dwarf of Nurnburg, 1717, (1840). Artist: Matthew Buchinger
Calligraphic exhibition bill of Matthew Buchinger, Dwarf of Nurnburg, 1717, (1840). Facsimile of a bill advertising the talents of Matthias (or Matthew) Buchinger sent to Robert Harley

Abbe Charles-Michel de l Epee, 18th century French philanthropic educator, (1836). Artist: James Posselwhite
Abbe Charles-Michel de l Epee, 18th century French philanthropic educator, (1836). Epee (1712-1789) was prominent in educating the deaf

Entreaty in front of the Cave, 1925. Artist: Jean Louis Forain
Entreaty in front of the Cave, 1925. An etching from Modern Masters of Etching, by JL Forain, (The Studio, London, 1925)

Woman in Costume of the Time of Louis XIV, (1885). A woman about to enter a sedan chair gives money to a beggar on crutches. Louis XIV, known as the Sun King, ruled France 1643-1715

Blind man of Quinze-Vingts, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
Blind man of Quinze-Vingts, 1737-1742. Quinze-Vingts was a hospital for the blind in Paris. The name, meaning 15 times 20 (which equals 300) in the vigesimal system

Old Age, c1480, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Old Age, c1480, (1843). A 19th-century copy after a manuscript illustration in the Romance of the Rose. From Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries

Old Age and Poverty, c1480, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Old Age and Poverty, c1480, (1843). A 19th-century copy after a manuscript illustration in the Romance of the Rose. From Dresses

A Showman, Hyde Park Corner, London, 1805. A copper plate representing the itinerant traders of London, from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

School for the Indigent Blind, Southwark, London, 19th century. Artist: TA Prior
School for the Indigent Blind, St Georges Fields, Southwark, London, 19th century

John Milton, English poet, (1815). Artist: Henry Cooke
John Milton, English poet, (1815). Milton (1608-1674), author of Paradise Lost, became totally blind in about 1652

John Milton, English poet, (19th century). Milton (1608-1674), author of Paradise Lost, became totally blind in about 1652

Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 19th century. One of Britains greatest military figures, Admiral Nelson (1758-1805) was the victor at a number of naval battles in the Napoleonic Wars

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English naval commander, 19th century. One of Britains greatest military figures, Admiral Nelson (1758-1805)

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