Portraits of the Insane: The Case of Dr. Diamond
London: Quartet, 1990. Hardcover. Consign 10. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #82717
ISBN: 0704326140
Price sticker remnants on FFEP. Wear to jacket across edges. Bump to head of spine. Many illustrations throughout. 156 pp. "This book brings together some of the most remarkable photographs taken in the nineteenth century. They are the work of Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond, a psychiatrist at Springfield Hospital, the former Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, and of an otherwise unknown photographer, Henry Hering, during the 1850s. As doctor and photographer, Diamond embodied the new humanitarianism and scientific observation of the age which together made for a growing awareness of the connection between a patient's disturbed mind and body,"
Price: $55.00