Blind Pew: A Study in Terror and Vision

Newell Convers Wyeth, Blind Pew (1911).A haunting illustration for Stevenson’s Treasure Island: the blind beggar strides down the moonlit lane, stick thrust forward, half-frail and half-fearsome - fate itself tapping towards us. In another life, back at home, whenever something went awry - a cup chipped, a tool gone missing, a mystery mischief no one … Continue reading Blind Pew: A Study in Terror and Vision