Head and shoulders of a young man with protruding ears. Photograph by Davis and Sons.
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Lancaster (Market St & New St) : Davis & Sons
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1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; image 14 x 10.3 cm
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Davis & Sons. Market St & New St. Lancaster
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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 39133i
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