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  • Slow-worm (blind-worm or deaf-adder) anguis fragilis family: Anguidae : DF 118 powerful non-narcotic analgesic.
  • Slow-worm (blind-worm or deaf-adder) anguis fragilis family: Anguidae : DF 118 powerful non-narcotic analgesic.
  • 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.
  • Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, New York: with an elaborate border. Line engraving by J.D. Smillie after Davis.
  • Queen Victoria using sign language to talk to Mrs B. Tuffield, a deaf mute woman. Process print after H. Ash.
  • A deaf man being made fun of and shouted at by his friends. Drypoint by A. Casanova y Estorach, 1877.
  • A Christmas entertainment, presented in sign language for the deaf and dumb, at the Hanover Square rooms, London. Wood engraving, 1865.
  • Abbot de L'Epée, the founder of deaf and dumb education in France, above the French sign language alphabet. Coloured lithograph.
  • Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Newport, Kentucky: view from the river. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1832, after G. Wall.
  • A man attempting to alert a deaf farmer using an ear trumpet as to the plight of his horses and cart. Coloured etching.
  • 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 vicar using sign language to the congregation at a service at a deaf and dumb church. Wood engraving after A.S. Hartick (?).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Four men of different cultures sit around a table in a cafe signing to each other, an advertisement by Deaf Mesmac. Black and white lithograph with red, 1996.
  • Public activities, from eating and drinking together to a comb and head representing the hairdressers; ways in which you can't catch AIDS by the British Deaf Association. Colour lithograph.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to education ... the right to a secure future ... the right to work ... the right to language ... the right to information ... the right to informed citizenship / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.
  • 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.
  • 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-.
  • Hands spelling out World Aids Day in sign language. Colour lithograph.
  • Hands spelling out World Aids Day in sign language. Colour lithograph.
  • Women sit at a table with their legs entwined; an advertisement for safe sex by the Lesbian and gay switchboard. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • Alphabeti verè naturalis Hebraici brevissima delineatio. Quae simul methodum suppeditat, juxta quam qui surdi nati sunt sic informari possunt, ut non alios saltem loquentes intelligant, sed et ipsi ad sermonis usum perveniant / In lucem edita à F.M.B. ab Helmont.
  • Alphabeti verè naturalis Hebraici brevissima delineatio. Quae simul methodum suppeditat, juxta quam qui surdi nati sunt sic informari possunt, ut non alios saltem loquentes intelligant, sed et ipsi ad sermonis usum perveniant / In lucem edita à F.M.B. ab Helmont.
  • Alphabeti verè naturalis Hebraici brevissima delineatio. Quae simul methodum suppeditat, juxta quam qui surdi nati sunt sic informari possunt, ut non alios saltem loquentes intelligant, sed et ipsi ad sermonis usum perveniant / In lucem edita à F.M.B. ab Helmont.
  • Alphabeti verè naturalis Hebraici brevissima delineatio. Quae simul methodum suppeditat, juxta quam qui surdi nati sunt sic informari possunt, ut non alios saltem loquentes intelligant, sed et ipsi ad sermonis usum perveniant / In lucem edita à F.M.B. ab Helmont.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Stipple engraving by A. Gamble after Annibale Carracci.
  • 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.
  • 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.