The wedding ceremony of two deaf and dumb people conducted in sign language. Process print after H. Ash.

Watford, Herts. (52 Brightwell Road) : H. Ash

1 print : process print

A deaf mute wedding. In this picture we see the not infrequent marriage of a mute couple, a hearing clergy reading the service, which is interpreted by another clergyman to the bride and bridegroom. ... H. Ash del. Lettering continues: "A son of Crœsus, King of Lydia, was deaf and dumb. The emperor Augustus had a relative named Quintus Pedius, who was a deaf mute."

Work catalogued as Wellcome Library no. 17981i is on the same sheet

Wellcome Collection 17977i