Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, The Same Patient in 4 Different States: Melancholy, Excited, Convalescent, Well Untitled, 1849–60, from the George Cowper Album, assembled 1849–60

1849

Dr. Diamond's groundbreaking series represents one of the first systematic uses of photography in medical documentation, pioneering the visual study of mental health conditions.

Medium: Albumen prints

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Hugh Welch Diamond, Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, The Same Patient in 4 Different States: Melancholy, Excited, Convalescent, Well Untitled, 1849–60, from the George Cowper Album, assembled 1849–60, 1849

Dr. Diamond's groundbreaking series represents one of the first systematic uses of photography in medical documentation, pioneering the visual study of mental health conditions.

Medium

Albumen prints

Year

1849

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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, The Same Patient in 4 Different States: Melancholy, Excited, Convalescent, Well Untitled, 1849–60, from the George Cowper Album, assembled 1849–60

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Hugh Welch Diamond, Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, The Same Patient in 4 Different States: Melancholy, Excited, Convalescent, Well Untitled, 1849–60, from the George Cowper Album, assembled 1849–60, 1849

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