Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education provides a day and residential primary school, secondary school and further education college for deaf students. The four paintings in the collection depict previous headmasters at the school, the earliest being of H. P. Bingham who was headmaster between 1827 and 1834, and the latest being of H. P. Jones who was headmaster until 1996.
H. P. Jones, Headmaster of the Royal West of England Residential School for the Deaf (1985–1996) Burlton
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education
R. E. Olding, OBE, Headmaster of the Royal West of England Residential School for the Deaf (1965–1985) Burlton
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education
Henry Brothers Bingham (1801–1875), Headmaster of the Royal West of England Residential School for the Deaf (1827–1834)John Prescott Knight (1803–1881)
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education
Sir Paul H. W. Studholme, Treasurer of the Royal West of England Residential School for the Deaf (1973–1990), President of the Royal West of England Residential School for the Deaf (1968 & 1969)Maurice Whinney (1911–1997?)
