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Artists›Hugh Welch Diamond

Hugh Welch Diamond

?–1886

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PhotographyPhotography

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WikidataQ76882

MoMA

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BiographyWikidata· 70%
Birth yearWikidata· 70%
Death yearWikidata· 70%
NationalityWikidata· 70%
Primary mediumWikidata· 70%
Profile imageWikidata· 70%

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1524
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Hugh Welch Diamond was an early British psychiatrist and photographer who made a major contribution to the craft of psychiatric photography.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (6)

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Copy of a Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, by Joseph Durham, Esq. F.S.A.

1857 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Copy of a Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, by Joseph Durham, Esq. F.S.A.

1857 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Patient, Surrey County Lunatic Asylum

1850 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Mat: 11 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (28.6 × 23.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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[Patient, Surrey County Lunatic Asylum]

1850 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 18.2 x 12.9 cm (7 3/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

1848 · Albumen print, from the "Untitled Album"

Image: 11.7 × 8.5 cm (4 5/8 × 3 3/8 in.); Paper: 13 × 10 cm (5 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Album page: 28.4 × 22.9 cm (11 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, The Same Patient in 4 Different States: Melancholy, Excited, Convalescent, Well Untitled, 1849–60, from the George Cowper Album, assembled 1849–60

1848 · Albumen prints

Upper left image/paper: 8.1 × 6.8 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.); Upper right image: 6.9 × 5.6 cm (2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.); Upper right paper: 8 × 6.4 cm (3 3/16 × 2 9/16 in.); Lower left image/paper: 7.3 × 6.2 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.); Lower right image: 7 × 5.6 cm (2 13/16 × 2 1/4 in.); Lower right paper: 8 × 6.7 cm (3 3/16 × 2 11/16 in.); Album page: 28.4 × 22.8 cm (11 3/16 × 9 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork sources (4)

6 published of 9 catalogued · 5 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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