James Pullen, sitting on the end of a wooden trolley upon which rests a huge model ship made by him. Process print.

  • Shuttleworth, G. E. (George Edward), 1842-1928.
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James Pullen, sitting on the end of a wooden trolley upon which rests a huge model ship made by him. Process print. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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According to Binney, James Pullen (1835-1916) was an inmate from the age of fifteen at the Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, Surrey. He became something of a celebrity for his ability to carve and create model ships. Edward VII sent him ivory tusks to carve. As commander of a flotilla of model ships, he wore (as here) the uniform of an admiral. Several of his ships survive

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1 process print ; image 10.3 x 12 cm

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Marcus Binney, 'Vessels for fantastic voyages of the mind', The times, 28 December 1998

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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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