A boy with Down's syndrome, dressed in a sailor suit, standing against a nautical background, holding a small yacht. Photograph by Kent Coast Studio.
- Shuttleworth, G. E. (George Edward), 1842-1928.
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Kent (Herne Bay) : Kent Coast Studio
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1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; image 8.8 x 5.6 cm
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Kent Coast Studio, Herne Bay.
Lettering stamped in red ink on sheet. The photograph is one of three attached to a larger mount which bears the following lettering in blue pencil: "mongoloids"
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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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Wellcome Collection 39156i
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