A boy with Down's syndrome, holding a rifle and sitting on a fur carpet. Photograph by R.W. Morris.

Chester (Cathedral Studio) : R.W. Morris

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; image 8.9 x 5.6 cm

R.W. Morris. Cathedral Studio, Chester Lettering stamped in gold on sheet. The photograph is one of three attached to a larger mount which bears the following lettering in blue pencil: "mongoloids"

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 39157i