Photos: Tom the blind Negro boy pianist, ca. 1860


Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins (1849-1908) is the earliest known Black artist associated to visit the Maryland Institute College of Art. He was a slave pianist and autistic savant. The archive has found almost a dozen performances held at the College from 1868-1898.

Learn more about Thomas Wiggins at BlindTom.org.

Learn as about Thomas Wiggins at The Library of Congress.


Citation Information

Tom, the blind Negro boy pianist, only 10 years old. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2001701566/>.