Asylum for the deaf and dumb, Camberwell. Coloured engraving by J. Pass after himself, 1814.

  • Pass, John, active 1797-1815.
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1814
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20163i
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The Deaf and Dumb Asylum was founded at Fort Place, Bermondsey in 1792 by the Rev. John Townsend. In 1807-1809 new, larger, premises were constructed in Kent Road [now the Old Kent Road] to the designs of Thomas Swithin [Gentleman's Magazine 1807, ii, 678]. The first teacher was Joseph Watson, whose book Ìnstruction of the deaf and dumb' appeared in 1809.

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London, 1814.

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1 print : engraving ; image 10.5 x 17.5 cm

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London. Plate VII. o. Asylum for the deaf and dumb. <J. Pass delt. et sculp. Sept. 1, 1814>

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B. Adams, Lòndon illustrated', London, 1983, no. 114/21 (p. 262)

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Wellcome Collection 20163i

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