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Dumb Collection (page 2)

Background imageDumb Collection: Ottavio Assarotti

Ottavio Assarotti
OTTAVIO ASSAROTTI Italian cleric, teacher of the deaf and dumb. Date: 1753 - 1829

Background imageDumb Collection: Christmas 1918 in A Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital

Christmas 1918 in A Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital
A Ward in the Drawing Room of Quex House on Christmas Day 1918. The room is highly decorated with flags, greetings, paper decorations and festive greenery

Background imageDumb Collection: Cartoon, He was phoning from the tobacco shop, WW1

Cartoon, He was phoning from the tobacco shop, WW1
Cartoon, He was phoning from the tobacco shop. A supposedly deaf and dumb man is caught on the telephone, arrested as a spy and escorted through the street, much to the delight of the children

Background imageDumb Collection: Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell - Boys at Drill

Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell - Boys at Drill
Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell. Boys perform a drill exercise holding dumb-bells

Background imageDumb Collection: Mullers New Orphan Houses, Bristol - Dumb-bell Drill

Mullers New Orphan Houses, Bristol - Dumb-bell Drill
Mullers New Orphan Houses, Bristol. Young boys exercise with a dumb-bell drill

Background imageDumb Collection: Hannah Thatcher

Hannah Thatcher
HANNAH THATCHER girl born deaf and dumb, until Mr Wright came along and cured her, since when she resides with him in Princes Street, Hanover Square, London. Date: CIRCA 1823

Background imageDumb Collection: Duncan Campbell - 2

Duncan Campbell - 2
DUNCAN CAMPBELL Deaf and dumb fortune teller. Date: 1680 - 1730

Background imageDumb Collection: Duncan Campbell - 1

Duncan Campbell - 1
DUNCAN CAMPBELL Deaf and dumb fortune teller. Date: 1680 - 1730

Background imageDumb Collection: Blitz in London -- firefighting from the River Thames

Blitz in London -- firefighting from the River Thames
Blitz in London -- the London Fire Brigade had three fireboats in peacetime, based at Lambeth, Blackfriars, and Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe

Background imageDumb Collection: Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb

Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. View of exterior of the institution surrounded by images of the dormitories, the chapel, the directors room and other interiors

Background imageDumb Collection: Filming a TV Advert

Filming a TV Advert
A blonde model in a bubble bubble being filmed for a fork lift TV ad! Date: 1950s

Background imageDumb Collection: OH REALLY?

OH REALLY?
Blonde woman on the telephone. Date: 1960s

Background imageDumb Collection: Turkish Wrestler (2 of 4)

Turkish Wrestler (2 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, lifts enormous dumbells whilst another strongman colleague sits on his shoulders. A series of cards (2 of 4) depicting a Turkish wrestler, juggler, weightlifter

Background imageDumb Collection: Turkish Wrestler (4 of 4)

Turkish Wrestler (4 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, watches his assistant practising an acrobatic trick handstand on a chair surrounded by dumbells

Background imageDumb Collection: Turkish Wrestler (3 of 4)

Turkish Wrestler (3 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, throwing knives. One knife is painted on the backdrop is if in mid-air! A series of cards (3 of 4) depicting a Turkish wrestler, juggler, weightlifter

Background imageDumb Collection: John Gale, alias Dumb Jack

John Gale, alias Dumb Jack
Undated copy of etching of John Gale, alias Dumb Jack, in profile, smoking a pipe. HPG/8/2/1 (xxix)

Background imageDumb Collection: Mr & Mrs Syers

Mr & Mrs Syers
Florence " Madge" Syers skating with her husband and coach Edgar Syers at the Princes Skating Club in aid of Our Dumb Friends League

Background imageDumb Collection: Abbe De L epee

Abbe De L epee
Abbe CHARLES MICHEL de l EPEE French philanthropist, inventor of an alphabet for the deaf-and-dumb. Date: 1712 - 1789

Background imageDumb Collection: Thos. Hopkins Gallaudet

Thos. Hopkins Gallaudet
THOMAS HOPKINS GALLAUDET American educator who after studying in Paris introduced methods for teaching the deaf and dumb, and advocated teacher training institutions

Background imageDumb Collection: Muette De Portici 5

Muette De Portici 5
LA MUETTE DE PORTICI (The dumb girl of Portici) Act 5 scene 4 - Masaniello, crowned king by the rebels, is told that the Dukes forces are about to attack

Background imageDumb Collection: Muette De Portici 4

Muette De Portici 4
LA MUETTE DE PORTICI (The dumb girl of Portici) Act 4 scene 9 - Masaniello saves Elvira and Alfonso from the mob, enabling them to escape by boat

Background imageDumb Collection: Muette De Portici 3

Muette De Portici 3
LA MUETTE DE PORTICI (The dumb girl of Portici) Act 3 scene 4 : Masaniello at the head of a mob confronts Selva in a Naples square

Background imageDumb Collection: Muette De Portici 2

Muette De Portici 2
LA MUETTE DE PORTICI (The dumb girl of Portici) Act 2 scene 4 - Fenella, though dumb, explains to her brother Masaniello that she has been seduced by Alfonso

Background imageDumb Collection: Muette De Portici 1

Muette De Portici 1
LA MUETTE DE PORTICI (The dumb girl of Portici) Act 1 scene 5 - Elvira asks if Fenella (the dumb girl) knows Alfonso : indeed she does, for he is her evil seducer !

Background imageDumb Collection: Ring, Dumb-Bell Nebulae

Ring, Dumb-Bell Nebulae
Dumb-Bell Nebula and Ring Nebula

Background imageDumb Collection: The Six Swans Boyle

The Six Swans Boyle
The dumb maiden is shown to the people



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