George Edward Shuttleworth holding a disabled male child on his lap. Photograph, 1895.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1895.

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 9.7 x 7.6 cm

Elis P. <?>. Born Nov 20 1877. Photographed on my lap alone Oct 13 95. Began treatment after that. Note large goître & pseudolipomata. Lettering hand-written on the back of a small envelope accompanying the photograph

Wellcome Collection 38984i

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