About This Site
Over the years, we have experienced the frustration of students who are blind and struggling to learn braille in the midst of people who do not know braille. This website is intended to provide a background in the early development of braille and a gentle introduction to the braille code for sighted learners.
We often receive requests from students seeking information about Louis Braille and the braille method of reading and writing for their school reports. This website is to support their studies and answer their questions.
The information on this site may be freely used for school children's reports and programs about Louis Braille and the braille system. Please acknowledge the Louis Braille Online Resource website as a resource.
Material that is to be commercially printed and distributed requires permission, as does any use of the charcoal portrait of Louis Braille, online or in print.
All material on this website is protected by copyright.
Over the years, we have experienced the frustration of students who are blind and struggling to learn braille in the midst of people who do not know braille. This website is intended to provide a background in the early development of braille and a gentle introduction to the braille code for sighted learners.
We often receive requests from students seeking information about Louis Braille and the braille method of reading and writing for their school reports. This website is to support their studies and answer their questions.
The information on this site may be freely used for school children's reports and programs about Louis Braille and the braille system. Please acknowledge the Louis Braille Online Resource website as a resource.
Material that is to be commercially printed and distributed requires permission, as does any use of the charcoal portrait of Louis Braille, online or in print.
All material on this website is protected by copyright.
About Our Louis Braille Portrait
The copy of Nancy Williams' exquisite charcoal portrait of Louis Braille that appears on this website brings comments and inquiries from all over the world. Nancy earned a B.A. in art from Whitman College. She then studied at Atelier Lack and at Atelier Prohl in Minneapolis and completed her atelier studies at the Ingbretson Studio near Boston, Massachusetts. In 1998 Nancy took a course in braille. Her son is blind, and she wanted to be able to exchange letters with him. Carolyn Meyer, teacher of the class, mentioned that she was looking for a good likeness of Louis Braille and showed Nancy a poor quality copy of an old daguerreotype photo. On the last day of class, Nancy quietly presented the portrait she had created while she was learning braille. Nancy works out of her home studio in Edmonds, Washington. A teacher for many years of both art and the Bible, she is dedicated to passing on what she has learned to future generations. Her work can be found in art shows and galleries around the Northwest. |
Louis Braille
"... to open the eyes of the blind." Isaiah 42:7 Nancy Lucas Williams ©️1998 The portrait portrays Louis Braille wearing the formal uniform of a teacher at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, France. Students and teachers wore the same uniform made of a black cloth. Teachers were identified by a palm leaf design on the lapels. |