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Swain, John

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Images by Swain, John

2 images from works
  • Deaf and dumb people from the Hackney Mission to the Deaf and Dumb performing plays, sign language, and portraits of staff at the institution. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1884, after H. Morehen.
  • University College Hospital, Bloomsbury, London: Christmas scenes. Process print by J. Swain after H. Morehen.

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    Deaf and dumb people from the Hackney Mission to the Deaf and Dumb performing plays, sign language, and portraits of staff at the institution. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1884, after H. Morehen.

    Morehen, Horace. | Date: 15 March 1884 | Reference: 17971i
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    Institutional abuse : memories of a 'special' school for visually impaired girls - a personal account / Sally French with John Swain.

    French, Sally. | Date: 2000
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    The pleasures of the torture chamber / by John Swain.

    Swain, John. | Date: 1933
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    University College Hospital, Bloomsbury, London: Christmas scenes. Process print by J. Swain after H. Morehen.

    Morehen, Horace. | Reference: 38724i
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    Witchcraft in seventeenth century England / John Swain.

    Swain, John. | Date: [1994], ©1994

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