Three boys with Down's syndrome, standing in a line. Photograph, 1902.

  • Shuttleworth, G. E. (George Edward), 1842-1928.
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1902
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39232i
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Three boys with Down's syndrome, standing in a line. Photograph, 1902. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1902

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1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; image 16.8 x 21.6 cm

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Mongolian imbeciles - highest grade [?] Lettering hand-written in pencil on front of mount. Continues in ink on verso: "Xmas 1902"

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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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