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.

Handicap in a social world / a reader edited by Ann Brechin, Penny Liddiard and John Swain.

Controversial issues in a disabling society (Disability Human Rights and Society) / by John Swain..

229 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates ; 24 cm

The pleasures of the torture chamber / by John Swain.

1 print ; image and border 15.9 x 23.9 cm

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Handicap in a social world / a reader edited by Ann Brechin, Penny Liddiard and John Swain.

Controversial issues in a disabling society (Disability Human Rights and Society) / by John Swain..

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.

The pleasures of the torture chamber / by John Swain.

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