- Accession Number:
- 1998.80.131
- 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. Two raised illustrations include the electric ray and the stingray; braille labeling above provides the German and French names for the rays. Somewhat soiled; raised area under the right eye of the right illustration has collapsed. 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
