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The Blind Musician, Alexandre Bida, 1850-1851
Alexandre Bida, portraitAlexandre BidaFrench, 1813–1895

The Blind Musician

1850-1851 · Drawing · 30.9 × 23.9 cm

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Not on view at present

Where is “The Blind Musician” now? Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.

Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Accession number
SD.109

What it shows

LyresKisirkaTambourinesTars (frame drums)MusicianEgypt

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolorsChalkRealism19th centuryOrientalismFrench School

Sources

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Bearded Man in Profile (recto) / Woman Looking Up (verso), Alexandre Bida

Bearded Man in Profile (recto) / Woman Looking Up (verso)

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Head of a Bearded Man, Looking Right, Alexandre Bida

Head of a Bearded Man, Looking Right

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Arnautes, Égypte (Albanians, Egypt), Alexandre Bida

Arnautes, Égypte (Albanians, Egypt)

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Bearded Man Looking Up / Cloaked Figure with Raised Arms, Alexandre Bida

Bearded Man Looking Up / Cloaked Figure with Raised Arms

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

A Turk, Alexandre Bida, late 19th century

A Turk

late 19th century · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Woman in the “Song of Songs”, Alexandre Bida, c. 1886

The Woman in the “Song of Songs”

c. 1886 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Mother and Child, Alexandre Bida, 1888

Mother and Child

1888 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

An Ass--Driver, Alexandre Bida

An Ass--Driver

Smithsonian American Art Museum

On view at Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum page
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Hashimoto Chitaka

Bird of Paradise, 2026

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cipriani

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Orpheus confronted by Cerberus, Francesco Fanelli, ca. 1625-1650

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Orpheus confronted by Cerberus, ca. 1625-1650

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Marble sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens, 3rd quarter of 3rd century CE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art