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Children with mental disabilities

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  • A very young girl, showing signs of mental deficiency, seated with her hands clasped upon her lap. Photograph by W. Moscrop.
  • A young child with protruding tongue, showing signs of mental deficiency, sitting on a large upholstered chair. Photograph by Davis.
  • A young dark-haired boy, showing signs of mental deficiency, wearing a tweed coat, looking at the camera from over his left shoulder. Photograph by J. Davis.
  • A child showing signs of Down's syndrome sitting on a fur cushion. Photograph by J.H. Hogg.
  • The head and shoulders of a child, showing signs of mental deficiency, seen in profile lying down. Photograph by J. Keens.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    A child holding a ball and a teddy bear saying "Please talk to me". Lithograph after D. Dekk, 197-.

    Dekk, Dorrit. | Date: [between 1970 and 1979?] | Reference: 672779i
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    Travelling hopefully / a survey by the Greenwich Society for Mentally Handicapped Children.

    Greenwich Society for Mentally Handicapped Children. | Date: [1973]
    • Books
    • Online

    The mental affections of children : idiocy, imbecility and insanity / by William W. Ireland.

    Ireland, William W. (William Wotherspoon), 1832-1909. | Date: 1898
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    A young child with protruding tongue, showing signs of mental deficiency, sitting on a large upholstered chair. Photograph by Davis.

    Davis, John (Portrait and landscape photographer) | Reference: 39026i
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    • Online

    A child showing signs of Down's syndrome sitting on a fur cushion. Photograph by J.H. Hogg.

    Hogg, J. Henry (Photographer and portrait painter) | Reference: 39027i
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