Blind Piper

Geikie, Walter, 1795-1837 · [ca. 1750–1920]

Image of a bagpipe player with head bowed sitting on a street corner with the instrument tucked under his arm. He is accompanied by a young boy with a solemn face. On the ground is an upturned hat for passersby to drop money. Walter Geikie was an artist who was deaf, who lived and worked in Edinburgh, Scotland were he depicted common people and street life.