Elizabeth Tappenden, 1876, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 9.3 x 5.5 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. ), Photographs, Unknown (British), A sobering foil to the cartes-de-visite of the celebrated and powerful, these records from an unidentified British insane asylum exemplify the 19th century’s varied uses of the medium as a means of diagnosis, surveillance, and social control
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Elizabeth Tappenden, 1876, Albumen silver print, glass negative, 9.3 x 5.5 cm, 3 11/16 2 3/16, Photographs, Unknown, British, sobering, foil, cartes-de-visite, celebrated, powerful, records, unidentified British, insane, asylum, exemplify, 19th century, varied, uses, medium, means, diagnosis, surveillance, social control
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