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Blind Hannah Brentford 1838

Hannah Brentford, blind musician of Bunhill-row, shown here aged 24 giving a street performance of hymns, accompanied by her violin. Blinded from the age of two by smallpox, she supports herself and her aged mother on the alms of passers by in the streets of Finsbury, London

Picture No
10529741
Media ID
47534883
Size
5140px x 4456px (3.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in The Every-Day Book and Table Book', Hone's Works', volume III, page 222
Date
1825

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