Painted in 1975 by Stuart Walton, a Leeds-born artist, The Conversation captures so well a little-known role reversal of human conversation.
Most Deaf people would be feeling left out of any conversation carried out by three ‘hearing’ men on a bench but in this picture, all the men are Deaf and the man left out of the conversation is a hearing person.
Donated to the BDHS by the British Deaf Association.
Another of five paintings donated to the DMAG from RSDCM after their closure.
Cox Mason was one of the founders of the London Asylum for Deaf Children in 1792.
We cannot fully decipher the signature of the artist but it is believed to be by
Thomas Arrowsmith as it was done at the same time as the one of Joseph Watson
Walter Geikie, RSA (1795-1837) was one of the great Scottish artists of the early 19th-century. The Grandchild Reading and the Shoe Stand shown here are two original engravings donated from the estate of Margaret Lawrie.
In his short lifetime, Geikie produced over 1100 sketches of daily Edinburgh life as seen through his eyes, honest, humorous and full of empathy.
William H. H. Trood (1859-1899) who became totally deaf aged 5 and was privately educated was well-known for his paintings of dogs and pictures of political satire which were in great demand by magazines such as Punch.
His painting Pampas was one of the rare occasions he drew animals other than dogs. It was purchased at auction by the DMAG in 2014.
This portrait of Richard Elliott, headmaster of Royal School for Deaf Children, Margate for over 30 years, was another of five paintings donated to the DMAG from RSDCM after their closure.
The signature of the artist is hard to decipher but is believed to be Thomas Davidson.
A second painting by Alfred R. Thomson, R.A is owned by DMAG.
Although Thomson did a lot of work for the Ministry of War doing portraits of military personnel and RAF battle scenes, he was also renowned for his caricatures.
Incident at Ascot is one of his finest examples and was purchased at auction in 2020.
