Deaf Londoners in the 1660s (comic)

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.

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.

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.

The comic was created by Kate Loveman (Principal Investigator on the project), James Harrod (the project's Learning Manager) and Garen Ewing (illustrator).

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.