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A small group of men seated in a semi-circle on the stage, a large crowd of deaf people in the audience, many of them signing to each other. In front on stage, Rev Samuel Smith interpreting a gentleman who is speaking and gesticulating next to him. A tall decorated Christmas tree in the background.

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Wood engraving depicting a room full of deaf members at the annual soirée in Hanover Square Rooms, London

(Illustrated London News, 21 January 1865)

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No room for the poor letter 'V' ? 😊

The ‘J’ description under the fingerspelling chart was removed on the coloured print (see frontispiece of the book). ‘U’ – see full hand (vowels)

The fingerspelling chart is titled The Manual Alphabet, the correct term used at the deaf school, but on the same print used by a different company, the printers added colours and unfortunately changed the title.

Screenshot of two pages from Joseph Watson’s book, ‘The Manual Alphabet’ on the left, depicting a monochrome fingerspelling chart and the title page of the book on the right. Text under the chart: [the letter] J is made by drawing the tip of the fore finger of the right hand across the palm of the left. Text on title page of the book: “Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, or, a Theoretical and Practical View of the Means by which they are taught to speak and understand a language; containing hints for the correction of impediments in speech; together with a Vocabulary. Illustrated by numerous Copperplates, representing the most common Objects necessary to be named by Beginners. By Joseph Watson, LLD. London; printed and sold by Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch-street; To be had also of the Author, at the Asylum, Kent Road, 1809.” Text on the coloured print: “The Dumb Language or the Art of talking with the Fingers”

This manual alphabet chart was originally published as a frontispiece in a book by Joseph Watson on his teaching methods at the London Deaf Asylum in the Old Kent Road. It was published in 1809.