A young dark-haired boy, showing signs of mental deficiency, wearing a tweed coat, looking at the camera from over his left shoulder. Photograph by J. Davis.

  • Davis, John (Portrait and landscape photographer)
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Lancaster (Alfred Street) : John Davis

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1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 9.4 x 5.9 cm

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From the photographic studio of John Davis Lettering stamped on verso

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 39033i

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