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Copy of a Bust of her Majesty Queen Victoria, by Joseph Durham, Esq. F.S.A.
Creator
Hugh Welch DiamondBritish Photographer · 1809–1886
All works by this person →From 1848 to 1858 Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond made photographs to document the facial expressions of patients suffering from mental disorders at the Surrey County Asylum in England where he was superintendent of the female department. He believed that a patient's mental state was manifested in her physiognomy, or facial features, and he claimed to use these photographs to help diagnose the disorders. A
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- June 1857
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- British
- Department
- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
A bust of Queen Victoria, set on a small rectangular pedestal with her name engraved on the side.
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