Accession Number: 1998.80.137
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 two deer in relief; except for the hooves and antlers, they are covered with brown flocking. Braille labeling provides the common name in German and the Latin species. Entire frontside of picture is varnished; backsides of raised images are filled with gesso. The initials "M K" and "31 III 95" are visible at bottom center of the frontside, in depressed script. Picture has a small pinhole at bottom of right antler of fallow deer; tip of right corner is missing. 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: 12 1/2 x 15 5/8 in.
Made: Kunz, Martin
Material: Paper
Updated: 06/02/2021
