Object ID:
2007.33.1.124
Title:
"A Fair at St. Ovids"
Date:
ca. 1770
Description:
Photo of poster/engraving advertising a comic orchestra in Paris featuring performers from the Quinze-Vingts, a hospital for the blind. When Valentin Haüy witnessed such a performance in 1771, he was so disgusted he became interested in education for blind people, leading to the foundation of the first such school in the world in 1784.
Print Size:
5 x 7"
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Poster, Comic Blind Orchestra
Poster, Comic Blind Orchestra