Three boys with Down's syndrome, standing in a line. Photograph, 1902.

1902

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; image 16.8 x 21.6 cm

Mongolian imbeciles - highest grade [?] Lettering hand-written in pencil on front of mount. Continues in ink on verso: "Xmas 1902"

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 39232i