A young man, formally dressed, resting his hand upon an open book upon a table. Photograph by Lock & Whitfield.

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Ealing (The Common) : Lock & Whitfield

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1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; sheet 14 x 10 cm

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Lock & Whitfield, the Common, Ealing The window mount which accompanies the photograph bears the words "nervous type", hand-written in pencil

Notes

Part of a collection of photographs formed by George Edward Shuttleworth (1842-1928). He was Superintendent of the Royal Albert Asylum at Lancaster from 1870 to 1893. On his retirement in 1893, he devoted himself to the study of insanity, and published a book entitled "Mentally-deficient children: their treatment and training", London 1895. Some of his photographs, manuscripts and publications were presented to the Wellcome Institute Library in 1929

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Wellcome Collection 39072i

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