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.
Washington, D.C., 2000-2001, unnumbered catalogue, repro. 2008 Pompeii and the Roman
