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| 1. |  | Hugh Welch Diamond 1850-1858 Patient, Surrey County Lunatic Asylum Albumen silver print, from glass negative 19.1 x 14 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.19 |
| 2. |  | Hugh Welch Diamond 1855 Mental patient Royal Photographic Society Courtesy Royal Photographic Society, Bath, England Photography seemed to be a mechanism that could produce faithful records whose authenticity could be certified by the institutions of power and control from which they arose. As the British medical journal Lancet proclaimed: "Photography is so essentially the Art of Truth and representative of Truth in Art that it would seem to be the essential means of reproducing all forms and structures of which science seeks for delineation." Lancet, 22 January 1859, 89, quoted in S. L. Gilman, ed., "Hugh W. Diamond and Psychiatric Photography," The Face of Madness (Secaucus, NJ: Brunner-Mazel, 1976), 5. |
| 3. |  | Hugh Welch Diamond 1855 (ca) Portrait of a patient at the Surrey County Asylum [Springfield near Wandsworth, England] Salt print National Science and Media Museum The Royal Photographic Society, Ref Number: 2003-5001/2/20184 |
| 4. |  | Unknown Artist (British School) 1870s Louisa Blaney [Insane Asylum Patient] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 9.3 x 5.5 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/16 ins ) Metropolitan Museum of Art Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1997, Accession Number: 1997.28.1 |
| 5. |  | Unknown Artist (British School) 1870s Caroline Nightingale [Insane Asylum Patient] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 9.3 x 5.5 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/16 ins ) Metropolitan Museum of Art Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1997, Accession Number: 1997.28.2 |
| 6. |  | Unknown Artist (British School) 1870s Elizabeth Tappenden [Insane Asylum Patient] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 9.3 x 5.5 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/16 ins ) Metropolitan Museum of Art Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1997, Accession Number: 1997.28.3 |
| 7. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1898 Case notes with photo of Cuthbert Charles Duguid Morrice, + inserted note with drawings Case notes with photo Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0051614, Library reference no.: Archives and Manuscripts MS. 5163) From: Holloway Sanatorium, Case notes with photo of Cuthbert Charles Duguid Morrice, + inserted note with drawings, Page 2 |
| 8. |  | James Crichton-Browne 1869 (ca) A bald male patient of West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, York, suffering from 'Mono-mania of pride' Carte de visite Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0041119, Library reference no.: Iconographic Collection 35106i) |
| 9. |  | James Crichton-Browne 1869 (ca) West Riding Lunatic Asylum in Wakefield, Yorkshire: a woman, looking upwards with her mouth slightly open; head and shoulders. 'Chronic mania' Carte de visite Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (V0029710EL, Library reference no.: ICV No 30191L) The photograph may have been taken by Sir James Crichton-Browne (1840-1938), the medical superintendent at West Riding Asylum 1866-1876. Crichton-Browne sent a similar set of photographs to Charles Darwin in or around 1869 |
| 10. |  | James Crichton-Browne 1869 (ca) West Riding Lunatic Asylum in Wakefield, Yorkshire: an elderly woman, wearing a bonnet and half a smile; head and shoulders. 'Senile dementia' Carte de visite Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (V0029710ER, Library reference no.: ICV No 30191R) The photograph may have been taken by Sir James Crichton-Browne (1840-1938), the medical superintendent at West Riding Asylum 1866-1876. Crichton-Browne sent a similar set of photographs to Charles Darwin in or around 1869 This photograph is also credited to Henry Clarke (ca. 1869) Wellcome Library, London (L0019062). |
| 11. |  | George Edward Shuttleworth n.d. Down's syndrome in a girl and a boy Albumen prints Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (V0030028, Library reference no.: ICV No 30511) Note the 19th century classifications of "Idiots. Sporadic Cretin". |
| 12. |  | Henry Clarke 1869 (ca) Number 14, elderly man wearing checkered uniform, in restraint chair Albumen print (?) Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0019069, Library reference no.: Iconographic Collection 347834) Patients at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. |
| 13. |  | Henry Clarke 1869 (ca) Presumed inmate at Wakefield prison, Wakefield, York. Carte de visite Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0019070) |
| 14. |  | Henry Clarke 1869 (ca) Number 17, young man restrained by two warders. Carte de visite Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0019072, Library reference no.: Iconographic Collection 347834 ) Patients at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. |
| 15. |  | Unidentified photographer 1875-1885 (ca) Portrait of a male psychiatric patient Carte de visite Private collection of John Toohey This CDV was purchased in Istanbul, Turkey in 2008 but appears to be of French or German origin. |
| 16. |  | Unidentified photographer 1875-1885 (ca) Portrait of a female psychiatric patient, "Idiotie" Carte de visite Private collection of John Toohey This CDV was purchased in Istanbul, Turkey in 2008 but appears to be of French or German origin. |
| 17. |  | Unidentified photographer 1875-1885 (ca) Portrait of a male psychiatric patient, "Idiotie - Tonie" Carte de visite Private collection of John Toohey This CDV was purchased in Istanbul, Turkey in 2008 but appears to be of French or German origin. |
| 18. |  | Unidentified photographer 1875-1885 (ca) Portrait of a female psychiatric patient, "Melancholia" Carte de visite Private collection of John Toohey This CDV was purchased in Istanbul, Turkey in 2008 but appears to be of French or German origin. |
| 19. |  | Unidentified photographer 1875-1885 (ca) Portrait of a male psychiatric patient, "Hall[ucinatory?] Paranoia - Jugner[?]" Carte de visite Private collection of John Toohey This CDV was purchased in Istanbul, Turkey in 2008 but appears to be of French or German origin. |
| 20. |  | Albert Londe 1889 Female patient with melancolie catalepsy Book plate Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0040298, Library reference no.: EPB Serials NOU/ 4) Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpetriere; Clinique des Maladies du Systeme Nerveux (Paris: Lecrosnier et Babe, Libraires-Editeurs, 1889), Tome Deuxieme, Plate X |
| 21. |  | Albert Londe 1889 Female patient with twitching eyelids Book plate Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0040299, Library reference no.: EPB Serials NOU/ 4) Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpetriere; Clinique des Maladies du Systeme Nerveux (Paris: Lecrosnier et Babe, Libraires-Editeurs, 1889), Tome Deuxieme, Plate XIX |
| 22. |  | Albert Londe 1889 Female patient with sleep hysteria wearing a straight jacket Book plate Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0040300, Library reference no.: EPB Serials NOU/ 4) Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpetriere; Clinique des Maladies du Systeme Nerveux (Paris: Lecrosnier et Babe, Libraires-Editeurs, 1889), Tome Deuxieme, Plate XLV |
| 23. |  | Jules Bernard Luys 1887 Les Emotions chez les sujets en état d'hypnotisme Book plate, Woodburytype 28 x 19,5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4646) With 28 plates of original woodburytypes. Original paper back. Paris, Libraire J.B. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. The publication contains 28 original woodburytypes (circa 7,5 x 5 cm) showing women in various stages of hypnotism. |
| 24. |  | Jules Bernard Luys 1887 Les Emotions chez les sujets en état d'hypnotisme Book plate, Woodburytype 28 x 19,5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4646) With 28 plates of original woodburytypes. Original paper back. Paris, Libraire J.B. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. The publication contains 28 original woodburytypes (circa 7,5 x 5 cm) showing women in various stages of hypnotism. |
| 25. |  | Jules Bernard Luys 1887 Les Emotions chez les sujets en état d'hypnotisme Book plate, Woodburytype 28 x 19,5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4646) With 28 plates of original woodburytypes. Original paper back. Paris, Libraire J.B. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. The publication contains 28 original woodburytypes (circa 7,5 x 5 cm) showing women in various stages of hypnotism. |
| 26. |  | Jules Bernard Luys 1887 Les Emotions chez les sujets en état d'hypnotisme Book plate, Woodburytype 28 x 19,5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4646) With 28 plates of original woodburytypes. Original paper back. Paris, Libraire J.B. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. The publication contains 28 original woodburytypes (circa 7,5 x 5 cm) showing women in various stages of hypnotism. |
| 27. |  | Jules Bernard Luys 1887 Les Emotions chez les sujets en état d'hypnotisme Book plate, Woodburytype 28 x 19,5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4646) With 28 plates of original woodburytypes. Original paper back. Paris, Libraire J.B. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. The publication contains 28 original woodburytypes (circa 7,5 x 5 cm) showing women in various stages of hypnotism. |
| 28. |  | Jules Bernard Luys 1887 Les Emotions chez les sujets en état d'hypnotisme Book plate, Woodburytype 28 x 19,5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4646) With 28 plates of original woodburytypes. Original paper back. Paris, Libraire J.B. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. The publication contains 28 original woodburytypes (circa 7,5 x 5 cm) showing women in various stages of hypnotism. |
| 29. |  | Jules Bernard Luys 1887 Les Emotions chez les sujets en état d'hypnotisme Book plate, Woodburytype 28 x 19,5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4646) With 28 plates of original woodburytypes. Original paper back. Paris, Libraire J.B. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. The publication contains 28 original woodburytypes (circa 7,5 x 5 cm) showing women in various stages of hypnotism. |
| 30. |  | Jules Bernard Luys 1887 Les Emotions chez les sujets en état d'hypnotisme Book plate, Woodburytype 28 x 19,5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4646) With 28 plates of original woodburytypes. Original paper back. Paris, Libraire J.B. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. The publication contains 28 original woodburytypes (circa 7,5 x 5 cm) showing women in various stages of hypnotism. |
| 31. |  | Jules Bernard Luys 1887 Les Emotions chez les sujets en état d'hypnotisme Book plate, Woodburytype 28 x 19,5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4646) With 28 plates of original woodburytypes. Original paper back. Paris, Libraire J.B. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. The publication contains 28 original woodburytypes (circa 7,5 x 5 cm) showing women in various stages of hypnotism. |
| 32. |  | Jules Bernard Luys 1887 Les Emotions chez les sujets en état d'hypnotisme Book plate, Woodburytype 28 x 19,5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4646) With 28 plates of original woodburytypes. Original paper back. Paris, Libraire J.B. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. The publication contains 28 original woodburytypes (circa 7,5 x 5 cm) showing women in various stages of hypnotism. |