The head and shoulders of a bearded man (G.E. Shuttleworth?) Photograph by B. Wyles.

Southport (Victoria studio, Neville Street) : Benjamin Wyles

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 9.4 x 5.9 cm

Benj. Wyles. Southport. Lettering hand-written on front of mount, continues on verso: "enlarged portraits from any card"

Wellcome Collection 39041i

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