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

Ealing (The Common) : Lock & Whitfield

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

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

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

Wellcome Collection 39072i