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Late 19th - 20th Centuries

Discover artworks and prints from the late 19th to 20th centuries. Click a box to open and learn more.

Ash, H. (c. 1890s) Royalty and the deaf, with some striking faces about the dea…
William Agnew, Royal Condescenion paintings
Ash, H. (c. 1890s) Guide to Chirology [Print] Herts: Watford. (Action on Hearin…
Ash, H. (c. 1890s) Guide to Chirology [Print] Herts: Watford. (Action on Hearin…
Ash, H. (c. 1890s) Shadowgraphs
Ash, H. (c. 1800s) The wedding ceremony of two deaf-mutes conducted in sign lan…
Two men entertain the deaf and dumb in sign language at the Freemason's Tavern …
A Christmas Entertainment, presented in sign language for the deaf and dumb, at…
Rev. F.W.G. Gilby
'Sermons without Words. A Marvellous Performance in Dumb Show' (1898-9) Harmswo…
Parents' Window (1958) [Stained Glass Window] Deafness Resource Centre, St. Hel…

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