A brain, viewed from the top, supposedly from a subject with mental deficiency. Photograph by N. Goulton May.

Richmond : N. Goulton May

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 19.9 x 14.7 cm

Cerveau type "mongolique" ; GES Lettering hand-written in black ink on front of mount, verso bears Shuttleworth's signature

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 39079i