Accession Number: 2007.33.2.19-20
Description: Black-and-white glossy photograph of an 1879 engraving by M. Sergent, from the original painting by Mme. Genevieve Favart. Text on the engraving reads: "VALENTIN HAÜY/INTERPRETE du ROL set de l'AMIRAUTE de FRANCE & et INSTITUTEUR des ENEANS-AVEUGLES/Ne n S. Just en Picardie, le 13 Novembre 1745/Les Vertus et les Arts lui pretent leur flambeau; Pour eclairer l-Aveugle au fond de fon tombeau./Grave'd apres le Tableau Original de Mme. Favart, par M. Sergent 1789." Also, included is a negative of the same. "Arrow Printing Service, Washington, D.C." is printed on an insert with the negative. .19 - photograph .20 - negative Another copy is held in the O&M Archives; see related record.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 10" (h) x 8" (w)
Date: n.d.
History/Provenance: Photograph and negative were found in the Valentin Hauy biographical file of the C. Warren Bledsoe Manuscript Collection.
Credit Line: Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Subjects: Education -- France Schools for the blind and visually impaired
