1791

Back in Liverpool, Rushton was appalled by the treatment of poor blind people and founded the School for the Indigent Blind, so that blind people could learn skills and live with dignity. It opened in two lodging houses on Commutation Row.

Painting shows man with black band tied over one eye.

Back in Liverpool, Rushton was appalled by the treatment of poor blind people and founded the School for the Indigent Blind, so that blind people could learn skills and live with dignity. It opened in two lodging houses on Commutation Row.