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  • Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving.
  • Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured line engraving.
  • Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving, 1748.
  • Hands showing the French sign language alphabet. Wood engraving.
  • Hands showing the alphabet of sign language. Wood engraving.
  • Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured etching, ca. 1825.
  • Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured etching, ca. 1825.
  • Hands spelling out World Aids Day in sign language. Colour lithograph.
  • Two hands illustrating sign language with Hebrew (?) characters. Engraving by J.W. Michaelis.
  • A woman using sign language. Coloured aquatint by W.T. Annis, 1819, after J. Northcote.
  • Deaf and dumb people communicating through sign language. Pen and ink after S. della Gatta, 1828.
  • Two men entertain the deaf and dumb in sign language at the Freemason's Tavern. Wood engraving.
  • Entertainment in sign language for the deaf and dumb at the Hanover Square rooms, London. Wood engraving.
  • The wedding ceremony of two deaf and dumb people conducted in sign language. Process print after H. Ash.
  • Two men performing a show to an audience at a public house, using sign language. Wood engraving, 1875.
  • Queen Victoria using sign language to talk to Mrs B. Tuffield, a deaf mute woman. Process print after H. Ash.
  • Abbot de L'Epée, the founder of deaf and dumb education in France, above the French sign language alphabet. Coloured lithograph.
  • A Christmas entertainment, presented in sign language for the deaf and dumb, at the Hanover Square rooms, London. Wood engraving, 1865.
  • Hands spelling out in sign language the words 'Use a condom'; advertisement for safe sex by the British Deaf Association. Lithograph.
  • The French sign language alphabet with ornate border, above it, the Abbé C.M. de l'Epée and the Abbé Sicard. Lithograph.
  • A vicar using sign language to the congregation at a service at a deaf and dumb church. Wood engraving after A.S. Hartick (?).
  • Deaf actors using sign language perform a play about Don Guzman to an audience in St Saviour's church hall, London. Wood engraving by G. Durand, 1877.
  • 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.
  • 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-.
  • The Deaf community in Berlin by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe
  • 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.
  • Les bases pour comprendre le VIH/sida en langue des signes Française : les vidéos sont sorties, vous pouvez les visionner sur ce lien: www.aides.org/sounds ... / AIDES.
  • Four men of different cultures sit around a table in a cafe signing to each other, an advertisement by Deaf Mesmac. Colour lithograph, 1996.
  • A white and a black man sign 'safer sex' in an advertisement by Deaf Mesmac. Colour lithograph.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to language / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.