Digital Commonwealth — Perkins School for the Blind
Mr. John Stanley, Batchelor of Music and Organist of St. Andrew's Holborn
[ca. 1750–1920]
Portrait of John Stanley (1712-1786) as a young man with curly, shoulder-length hair and closed eyes. Stanley was a composer and musician who was blinded in an accident at the age of two. Text: Why do mistaken Mortals call thee Blind? Thine Eyes are but inverted to thy Mind, There thou explor'st Ideas unconfind; While we (who look before) are Dark behind. - Carey.
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