Down's syndrome: in two young men holding hands, one sitting and one standing. Photograph.

photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 10 x 6.2 cm

G. E. Shuttleworth, Richmond Hill ([?] cases) The photograph was attached to a larger mount which bears the lettering: "abnormally large heads. Hydrocephalic"

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 39113i