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Mutism

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Images about Mutism

28 images from works
  • Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, New York: with an elaborate border. Line engraving by J.D. Smillie after Davis.
  • Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Newport, Kentucky: view from the river. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1832, after G. Wall.
  • Christ heals the dumb and blind demoniac. Etching.
  • The Deaf and Dumb institution, Cabra, Ireland. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after C. Geoghegan.
  • A mute man and a dwarf, with Turkish buildings in the background. Line engraving.
  • Zacharias (father of John the Baptist), struck dumb, writes that his son should be known as John. Etching by C. Tinti, 1771, after A. del Sarto.
  • Asylum for the deaf and dumb, Camberwell. Engraving, 1834.
  • Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Two men entertain the deaf and dumb in sign language at the Freemason's Tavern. Wood engraving.
  • The Institut National des Sourds-Muets, Paris: interior showing voters for the National Assembly. Wood engraving, 1871.
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Works from the collections

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    Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

    | Reference: 23937i
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    The act of incorporation and by-laws of the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children.

    Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children. | Date: 1857
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    • Online

    Strange and wonderfull news from Saffron-hill in London : being a true and perfect relation of a bricklayer that was miraculously struck dumb, on Tursday the 19. of March last past, as he was at supper, and still continues in that sad condition.

    | Date: In the year 1674
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    Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Newport, Kentucky: view from the river. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1832, after G. Wall.

    Wall, G. | Date: 3 January 1832 | Reference: 18443i
    • Books

    Cat's got your tongue? : a story for children afraid to speak / by Charles E. Schaefer ; illustrated by Judith Friedman.

    Schaefer, Charles E. | Date: 1993
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Hearing Loss
Selective mutism
Deafness
Asylums
Deaf people
Hospitals
Persons with Hearing Disabilities
Sign Language
Christianity
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