Accession Number: 2007.33.1.124
Description: Photo of poster/engraving advertising a comic orchestra in Paris featuring performers from the Quinze-Vingts, a hospital for the blind. When Valentin Haüy witnessed such a performance in 1771, he was so disgusted he became interested in education for blind people, leading to the foundation of the first such school in the world in 1784.
Print Size: 5 x 7"
Date: ca. 1770
Credit Line: Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Subjects: Blindness Education of disabled persons
