Language which uses manual communication and body language to convey meaning

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A vicar using sign language to the congregation at a service at a deaf and dumb church. Wood engraving after A.S. Hartick (?).

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving.

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving, 1748.

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured line engraving.

Manifesto 2000 : the right to work / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.

Two hands illustrating sign language with Hebrew (?) characters. Engraving by J.W. Michaelis.

Two men entertain the deaf and dumb in sign language at the Freemason's Tavern. Wood engraving.

Four deaf men signing the message 'Stop AIDS. Use Condoms. Don't share needles'; a safe sex advertisement for the deaf by the Moomba Deaf Association and Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations.Colour lithograph by Paul Drakeford.

Queen Victoria using sign language to talk to Mrs B. Tuffield, a deaf mute woman. Process print after H. Ash.

Silent poetry : deafness, sign, and visual culture in modern France / Nicholas Mirzoeff.

Deaf and dumb people communicating through sign language. Pen and ink after S. della Gatta, 1828.

Les bases pour comprendre le VIH/sida en langue des signes Française : les vidéos sont sorties, vous pouvez les visionner sur ce lien: www.aides.org/sounds ...  / AIDES.

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Sign Language

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Images about Sign Language

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Four deaf men signing the message 'Stop AIDS. Use Condoms. Don't share needles'; a safe sex advertisement for the deaf by the Moomba Deaf Association and Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations.Colour lithograph by Paul Drakeford.

Silent poetry : deafness, sign, and visual culture in modern France / Nicholas Mirzoeff.

Deaf and dumb people communicating through sign language. Pen and ink after S. della Gatta, 1828.

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving.

Les bases pour comprendre le VIH/sida en langue des signes Française : les vidéos sont sorties, vous pouvez les visionner sur ce lien: www.aides.org/sounds ... / AIDES.

Sign Language

Images from the collections

Images about Sign Language

Works from the collections

Four deaf men signing the message 'Stop AIDS. Use Condoms. Don't share needles'; a safe sex advertisement for the deaf by the Moomba Deaf Association and Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations.Colour lithograph by Paul Drakeford.

Silent poetry : deafness, sign, and visual culture in modern France / Nicholas Mirzoeff.

Deaf and dumb people communicating through sign language. Pen and ink after S. della Gatta, 1828.

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving.

Les bases pour comprendre le VIH/sida en langue des signes Française : les vidéos sont sorties, vous pouvez les visionner sur ce lien: www.aides.org/sounds ... / AIDES.

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