Diamond, Hugh Welch
Variant namesHugh Welch Diamond (1808-1886) was a physician/photographer from Kent who decided to specialize in mental disorders after stints as house surgeon to West Kent Infirmary at Maidstone and private practice in Soho. He was appointed superintendent of the Women's Department of the Surrey County Asylum, where he practiced from 1848-1858. During this period he was actively engaged in photography and was editor of the Photographic Journal. He became a member of the Photographic Society in 1853 and served as its secretary for many years. Diamond produced mainly calotypes, concentrating his images on the patients he treated. While he also photographed topography of surrounding areas, he is noted for the several series of sympathetic portraits of the mentally ill he produced while at the Surrey County Asylum.
From the description of Portrait of a mentally disturbed woman. ca. 1848-1858. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77719375
Hugh W. Diamond resided in Surrey County, Asylum, England.
From the description of Scraps on balloons, 1783-1866. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122397655
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| creatorOf | Archer, Frederick Scott. Letter. | Smithsonian Institution. Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Diamond, Hugh Welch. Portrait of a mentally disturbed woman. | Getty Research Institute | |
| creatorOf | Bridges, John, 1634-1712. Scrapiana, 1696. | National Library of Medicine | |
| creatorOf | Ellis, Henry, Sir, 1777-1869. Autograph letter signed : "British Museum", to H.W. Diamond, 1838 Apr. 11. | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| creatorOf | Diamond, Hugh W. Scraps on balloons, 1783-1866. | Winterthur Library | |
| referencedIn | Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk). | Houghton Library |
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| associatedWith | Ellis, Henry, Sir, 1777-1869. | person |
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| correspondedWith | Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 | person |
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Birth 1808
Death 1886-06-21
Britons
