- Accession Number:
- 2003.194
- Description:
- A steel engraving of Nydia, the enslaved blind girl of Pompeii, after a sculpture by Randolph Rogers, showing her leaning forward and listening to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Beneath the image, at bottom left: "Randolph Rogers sculpt"; and to the right, "S.J. Ferris, del." At bottom center of print: "Nydia The Blind Girl of Pompeii"; "U.S. International Exhibition 1876"; and the publisher's name and copyright date. Reverse is blank.
- Height:
- 11.25
- Width:
- 8
- Date Made:
- 1877
- Maker:
- Ferris, S.J., engraver
- Place of Origin:
- [Philadelphia]
- Credit Line:
- Museum Purchase, 2003.194
- Subjects:
- Art Blind Blindness
- Dimension Notes:
- 6.5 x 3.5 in. (comp.)
- Made:
- Gebbie & Barrie, pub.
- Material:
- Paper
- Updated:
- 05/12/2014
