A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of John Brewster, Jr.

Harlan Lane

Born deaf in 1766, John Brewster was an itinerant portrait artist whose masterpieces are found in numerous American museums today. In this riveting biography, Harlan Lane, the internationally recognised advocate for Deaf people and author of When the Mind Hears, takes readers into Brewster's world. He reveals an enigmatic man who shifted between the privileged domain of his wealthy subjects and the social institutions that were coming into being for Deaf Americans, signaling profound change. He unearths little-known and invaluable information on the early French roots of the American Deaf-World. His research also extends to the first school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, the integrated Deaf community of Martha's Vineyard, and contemporary Deaf art.

Hardcover 190 pages 2004

£25.00