@bymuseum: Uncared For (1871) By Augustus Edwin Mulready 📍 Current location unknown A barefoot girl looks directly at us. Behind her, the wall is covered with messages about Christianity, charity, and better sight. One poster advertises The Triumph of Christianity. Another promotes spectacles. Nearby is a notice for a Foreign Aid Society. Scholars have read the spectacles advertisement as an irony about social blindness: being able to see someone isn’t necessarily the same as truly noticing them. The children are already there to be seen. Follow @bymuseum for more stories behind famous paintings.