- Accession Number:
- 1998.80.135
- Description:
- Relief picture produced by Martin Kunz for instruction of blind students; may be a part of his Naturkunde [Natural History] series. "Pictures for the Blind" is printed at the top in German, French, English, and Italian as follows: Abbildungen fur Blinde. Images a l'usage des aveugles. Pictures for the Blind. Immagini ad uso dei ciechi. Below this is printed "von Direktor M. Kunz, Illzach." Creator's name and location are embossed in German braille, at bottom. Picture shows four raised illustrations of related birds, as follows: upper left, magpie; upper right, Alpine chough; lower left, jay; lower right, crow. Latin species and common names in German and French are provided in braille beneath each illustration. Entire frontside of picture is varnished; backsides of raised illustrations are filled with gesso. Picture has a small pinhole in each corner. Museum has several of Kunz' relief pictures and maps in its collection. Martin Kunz was director of the Blind Institute at Illzach, Germany and a leading producer of relief pictures and maps in the 1890s. --Tactile Pictures (Eriksson, 1998, p. 107).
- Height:
- 12.5
- Width:
- 15.625
- Date Made:
- ca. 1890
- Maker:
- Kunz, Martin
- Place of Origin:
- Illzach, Germany
- Collection:
- APH Collection
- History/Provenance:
- APH Collection
- Credit Line:
- APH Collection, 1998.80
- Subjects:
- Instructional aids, tools, and supplies. Tactile graphics Zoological illustration.
- Dimension Notes:
- overall
- Made:
- Kunz, Martin
- Material:
- Paper
- Updated:
- 05/07/2014
