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  • International day of persons with disabilities in Ethiopia, Dec 3 2009. Colour lithograph by AB GET Printing Press, 2009.
  • Three heads showing phrenological traits associated with insanity: a mentally defective person, a mad woman, and the murderer P.F. Lacenaire. Lithograph by C. Picard, 1842, after J.P. Thenot.
  • A very young girl, showing signs of mental deficiency, seated with her hands clasped upon her lap. Photograph by W. Moscrop.
  • A young woman with a short fringe, showing signs of mental deficiency. Photograph by J. Davis.
  • A young child with protruding tongue, showing signs of mental deficiency, sitting on a large upholstered chair. Photograph by Davis.
  • A young dark-haired boy, showing signs of mental deficiency, wearing a tweed coat, looking at the camera from over his left shoulder. Photograph by J. Davis.
  • The head and shoulders of a child, showing signs of mental deficiency, seen in profile lying down. Photograph by J. Keens.
  • A woman spoon-feeding a man while he is on the toilet, perhaps as one would a child. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • A woman spoon-feeding a man while he is on the toilet, perhaps as one would a child. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • A child showing signs of Down's syndrome sitting on a fur cushion. Photograph by J.H. Hogg.
  • The seven sons of Lara take vengeance on Doña Lambra's servant for insulting Gonzalo Gomez: they kill the servant in front of Doña Lambra and smear her cloak in his blood. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.
  • Brain of a "European male idiot" aged 12 years: four figures. Lithograph by E.M. Williams after H. Watkins, 1864.
  • Brain of a "European female idiot" aged 42 years: four figures. Lithograph by E.M. Williams after H. Watkins, 1864.
  • Foolish Sam, a mentally defective man in London. Etching by B. Nebot, ca. 1773.
  • A lame dwarf being helped to a wheelchair by a monk. Pen and ink drawing after a design attributed to P.L. Ghezzi.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to a secure future / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.
  • Five profiles exhibited for their noses. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Emploi des travailleurs handicapés : une obligation, une diversité, des défis partagés / ARCAT.
  • The New-York State Asylum for Idiots, Syracuse. Wood engraving.
  • Head of a boy in profile, used to illustrate phrenological classifications of mental pathology.
  • The New-York State Asylum for Idiots, Syracuse. Wood engraving by W.(?) Sebald.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to language / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.
  • Outlines of twelve faces in profile. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A man is shown from behind reading a sandwich board attached to the back of the man in front of him, advertising a lottery. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to work / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to education / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to information / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.
  • 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.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to informed citizenship / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.
  • A profile of an old mentally disabled man, skulls of various races, skulls of a monkey and an orangutan, and a perfect, diagrammed human face; demonstrating the methods of physiognomy. Coloured engraving by H. Adlard, 1824.