Inability to speak, often caused by a speech disorder or mental disorder

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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.

Hands showing the alphabet of sign language. Wood engraving.

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

The act of incorporation and by-laws of the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children.

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.

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

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Mutism

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Works from the collections

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

The act of incorporation and by-laws of the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children.

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.

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

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

Mutism

Images from the collections

Images referencing Mutism

Works from the collections

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

The act of incorporation and by-laws of the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children.

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.

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

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

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