Woman Holding a Dead Bird, Surrey County Asylum

c. 1855

Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond

Artist, British, 1809 - 1886

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15.8 x 12.1 cm (6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.36.78

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1977

  • Gilman, Sander L., ed. The Face of Madness: Hugh W. Diamond and the Origin of Psychiatric Photography. New York, 1977: pl. 27 and cover.

Wikidata ID

Q64146945

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