Hugh Welch Diamond

Hugh Welch Diamond

British Photographer · 1809–1886

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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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Copy of a Bust of her Majesty Queen Victoria, by Joseph Durham, Esq. F.S.A.

Copy of a Bust of her Majesty Queen Victoria, by Joseph Durham, Esq. F.S.A.

Getty Museum · June 1857

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[Patient, Surrey County Lunatic Asylum]

[Patient, Surrey County Lunatic Asylum]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1850–55

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Patient, Surrey County Lunatic Asylum

Patient, Surrey County Lunatic Asylum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1850–58

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[Portrait of a Female Patient, Surrey County Asylum]

[Portrait of a Female Patient, Surrey County Asylum]

Getty Museum · 1848–1858

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Portrait of Mrs. Diamond

Portrait of Mrs. Diamond

Getty Museum · about 1850–1860

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[Seated Woman with a Bird]

[Seated Woman with a Bird]

Getty Museum · about 1855

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[Seated Woman With a Purse]

[Seated Woman With a Purse]

Getty Museum · about 1855

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Shakespeare's House

Shakespeare's House

Getty Museum · 1854–1856

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The Interior of the Abbey, Holyrood

The Interior of the Abbey, Holyrood

Getty Museum · August 1854

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