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  • 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.
  • A mouse is sitting in front of a trap with an inviting sign, contemplating the offer. Coloured aquatint.
  • World War One: Russia: a sign reading "Welcome Brave Allies!" with union jacks outside a military building. Photograph, 1914/1918.
  • Saint Benedict: his soul ascending to heaven as a sign of his patronage of the dying. Line engraving, 17--.
  • A sore throat and cough stopped by a traffic "Stop" sign" representing the medicine Kresival. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).
  • A health officer attaching a mumps quarantine sign to the front porch of a house in Pennsylvania. Photograph, 1920/1935?.
  • Queen Victoria using sign language to talk to Mrs B. Tuffield, a deaf mute woman. Process print after H. Ash.
  • A no smoking sign: World No Tobacco Day in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, 2005.
  • The doorway into a chemist's shop in Shanghai: there is a sign outside written in both English and Chinese. Photograph.
  • A white man and a black man sign the words Safer Sex in an advert from Deaf Mesmac. Colour lithograph.
  • Abbot de L'Epée, the founder of deaf and dumb education in France, above the French sign language alphabet. Coloured lithograph.
  • Hands spelling out in sign language the words 'Use a condom'; advertisement for safe sex by the British Deaf Association. Lithograph.
  • A Christmas entertainment, presented in sign language for the deaf and dumb, at the Hanover Square rooms, London. Wood engraving, 1865.
  • Radha and Krishna on a single lotus within an "Om" sign surrounded by rondels of scenes of Krishna's life. Coloured lithograph.
  • The French sign language alphabet with ornate border, above it, the Abbé C.M. de l'Epée and the Abbé Sicard. Lithograph.
  • A man's hand giving the thumbs-up sign with the thumb covered by a condom, representing protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1989.
  • A STOP sign with a warning about diseases related to AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • A no entry sign with the words 'AIDS with four feathers; advertisement by the Native American AIDS Advisory Board. Colour lithograph, 1988.
  • A vicar using sign language to the congregation at a service at a deaf and dumb church. Wood engraving after A.S. Hartick (?).
  • The male sign incorporating various types and features of condoms; advertisement by the Pharmacists Planning Service for information on sexually transmitted diseases. Lithograph, 1983.
  • A couple with square heads bearing the letters 'H', 'I', 'V', one with a positive sign, the other with a negative sign with the words 'yes' written across their bodies and numerous male names surrounding them; an advertisement for supporting those with HIV by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by David McDiarmid, 1992.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Amasamang, Ghana: Semanu, a medicine man, and his two assistants, all wearing white robes, standing beside a sign advertising his services. Photograph (by Kurt Lubinski?), 1940/1960.
  • An animated pedestrian crossing sign hung with a blackboard containing a message of caution in crossing the road. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden, ca. 1940-1950.
  • 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.