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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 68 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of S. S.; an unmarried female; aged 27.

This person had been an attendant upon…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 69 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Signed A J [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of No. LXVIII. restored to reason.

In the course of a few months this woman…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow. Reproduced in Morison’s 'Outlines of Lectures' (1848) plate 3.

'Robert S: Aged thirty-eight, a butler in a gentleman's family, was admitted into the Surrey Lunatic Asylum on…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C G [Charles Gow].

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 94 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston]. Adult sitter identified as 'WC' and boy on the left as 'JA', whose image also appears in…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Initialled C Gow.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Initialled C G [Charles Gow].

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 79 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Signed A J [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of E. S. aged 40, a tailor.

This patient has been ten years insane.…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow.