Deaf Londoners in the 1660s (comic)

<p>This is a comic featuring the lives of three deaf and hard-of-hearing Londoners from the Restoration period. It is aimed principally at  primary school children (Key Stage 1 and 2 on the National Curriculum) and designed to aid teaching in Deaf history and the Great Fire of London.</p> <p><br></p> <p>The figures featured are: Jane Gentleman, a maid who was hard of hearing; an unnamed deaf boy whom Samuel Pepys encountered at a party; and Framlingham Gawdy, a deaf artist. The first two figures feature in Samuel Pepys's diary.</p> <p><br></p> <p>This is part of a wider set of online learning resources created by the Reimagining the Restoration project. Other material includes a 'Teachers' Guide to Deaf Londoners in the 1660s', which offers context on Deaf history and provides some of the research on which the comic is based. There is also a video with a British Sign Language interpreted reading of the comic. The resources are hosted on the Museum of London's website.</p> <p><br></p> <p>The comic was created by Kate Loveman (Principal Investigator on the project), James Harrod (the project's Learning Manager) and Garen Ewing (illustrator).</p> <p>The files published here are a version for the web, first made available on the Museum of London site in May 2023, and a high-resolution file suitable for printing.</p>