Laura Bridgman Practicing the Manual Alphabet, 1845

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/a62588352f03b54598df02429a6d76f5

Title

Laura Bridgman Practicing the Manual Alphabet, 1845

Date

1845

Description

This illustration depicts Laura Bridgman sitting at a desk engaged in writing the manual alphabet on her left hand. A man, likely S.G. Howe, is seated across from her. Bridgman is wearing her eye sash, which is also worn by a doll laying on the floor in front of her. There is also a woman in the background knitting.

Subject

Blind
Deafblind people
People with disabilities
Special education
Perkins School for the Blind
Bridgman, Laura Dewey 1829-1889
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind

Source

Digital Commonwealth

Relation

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xd07m805v/thumbnail

Type

image

References

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xd07m805v

Date

1845

Source

Digital Commonwealth

Subject

Blind
Deafblind people
People with disabilities
Special education
Perkins School for the Blind
Bridgman, Laura Dewey 1829-1889
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind

Citation

“Laura Bridgman Practicing the Manual Alphabet, 1845,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed November 14, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/8413.

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