The Blind Fiddler
The Blind Fiddler is an 1806 genre painting by the Scottish artist David [Wilkie (artist)|David Wilkie]. It was submitted to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition at Somerset House. Only the second painting Wilkie had publicly displayed, it confirmed his reputation as a rising star. Today the work is in the collection of the Tate Britain in London, having been gifted to the nation by the art collector Sir George Beaumont in 1826.