Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii by Randolph Rogers https://www.nga.gov/artworks/115401-nydia-blind-girl-pompeii
Among the most memorable characters in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s hugely popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) is Nydia, a blind flower seller. In love with the noble-born Glaucus, who is engaged to Ione, Nydia knows the hopelessness of her position and endures her suffering with quiet courage.
Kelly, published in the National Gallery of Art exhibition catalogue, Art for the Nation
