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  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Watercolour after L. Boilly, ca. 1823.
  • Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Newport, Kentucky: view from the river. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1832, after G. Wall.
  • Two men entertain the deaf and dumb in sign language at the Freemason's Tavern. Wood engraving.
  • Four deaf men signing the message 'Stop AIDS. Use Condoms. Don't share needles'; a safe sex advertisement for the deaf by the Moomba Deaf Association and Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations.Colour lithograph by Paul Drakeford.
  • Hannah Thatcher, deaf and dumb since birth, taught to hear and speak by W. Wright. Stipple engraving by J. Rogers, 1823, after Miss R.E. Drummond.
  • Queen Victoria using sign language to talk to Mrs B. Tuffield, a deaf mute woman. Process print after H. Ash.
  • Five hands signing against a decorative background with a message for deaf people to open their eyes to AIDS; advertisement by the AIDS Education/Services for the Deaf. Colour lithograph.
  • Four men of different cultures sit around a table in a cafe signing to each other, an advertisement by Deaf Mesmac. Colour lithograph, 1996.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • Hands spelling out in sign language the words 'Use a condom'; advertisement for safe sex by the British Deaf Association. Lithograph.
  • Hannah Thatcher, deaf and dumb since birth, taught to hear and speak by W. Wright. Stipple engraving by J. Rogers, 1823, after Miss R.E. Drummond.
  • Two men engaged in anal sex, kissing and oral sex with the message 'Safer sex' shown in sign language above; an advertisement for deaf people in Berlin by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by M. Taubenheim and W. Mudra, 199-.
  • John Gale, known as Dumb Jack, a deaf mute man. Mezzotint by J. Faber the elder.
  • The Institut National des Sourds-Muets, Paris: interior showing voters for the National Assembly. Wood engraving, 1871.
  • Drunken and diseased people attending the wedding of William Huntington and the rich widow Sanderson; behind Huntington is a devil handing breeches to a hack journalist. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1808.
  • Deaf and Dumb Institution, Glasgow. Line engraving by C. Lawrie after J. Salmon.
  • Deaf and dumb people communicating through sign language. Pen and ink after S. della Gatta, 1828.
  • Ear piercing, tattooing, acupuncture, razors, needles and toothbrushes representing a warning about the ways in which you can catch AIDS by the British Deaf Association. Colour lithograph.
  • A white and a black man sign 'safer sex' in an advertisement by Deaf Mesmac. Colour lithograph.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • Catherine Bigot, a deaf-mute woman whose deafness was so complete that she was unaware of a gun being fired above her head. Engraving.
  • A boy found in the forests of Aveyron, France, who had been living 'wild' since a small child as he was unable to speak. Coloured engraving, 1805.
  • The Institut National des Sourds-Muets, Paris: interior during the visit of Pope Pius VII. Aquatint with etching by J.H. Marlet, 1805.
  • John Gale, known as Dumb Jack, a deaf mute man. Line engraving after J. Faber the elder.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Stipple engraving by A. Gamble after Annibale Carracci.
  • John Gale, known as Dumb Jack, a deaf mute man. Etching after John Faber the elder.
  • Catherine Bigot, deaf-mute woman lying on the tomb of F. de Paris being miraculously cured. Engraving.
  • The Institut National des Sourds-Muets, Paris: interior during the visit of Pope Pius VII. Aquatint with etching by J.H. Marlet, 1805.
  • Types of deaf people needing help and support for problems related to AIDS/HIV. Colour lithograph.
  • Two hands on top of each other within a blue triangle with a letter, envelope and pen and details of AIDS information services for the deaf: Minitel Dialogue Paris and AIDES "Groupes Sourds"; advertisement by AIDES. Colour lithograph.