A seated young man with clenched fists, leaning against an ornate table. Photograph by A.E. Scales.

Hartlepool : A. E. Scales

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 9 x 6 cm

A. E. Scales. Photo. Hartlepool Lettering stamped on front of mount. Lettering on verso bears the hand-written name "James Howard"

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 39028i