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Concept

Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Images

  • Foolish Sam, a mentally defective man in London. Etching by B. Nebot, ca. 1773.
  • A woman spoon-feeding a man while he is on the toilet, perhaps as one would a child. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • A profile of an old mentally disabled man, skulls of various races, skulls of a monkey and an orangutan, and a perfect, diagrammed human face; demonstrating the methods of physiognomy. Coloured engraving by H. Adlard, 1824.
  • Three heads showing phrenological traits associated with insanity: a mentally defective person, a mad woman, and the murderer P.F. Lacenaire. Lithograph by C. Picard, 1842, after J.P. Thenot.
  • Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.

Catalogue

    • Books
    • Online

    Recueil de mémoires, notes et observations sur l'idiotie.

    Bourneville, 1840-1909 | Date: 1891
    • Books

    Stupid no more : ableist language it's not okay / by Lex.

    Kartanė, Lex | Date: [2021?]
    • Books

    Der Tod als Erlösung vom Leiden : Geschichte und Ethik der Sterbehilfe seit dem Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland / Gerrit Hohendorf.

    Hohendorf, Gerrit. | Date: 2013
    • Books

    Helping mentally handicapped people in hospital : a report to the Secretary of State for Social Services / by the National Development Group for the Mentally Handicapped.

    National Development Group for the Mentally Handicapped (Great Britain) | Date: 1978
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Five profiles exhibited for their noses. Drawing, c. 1794.

    | Date: 1794? | Reference: 30947i

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