| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 53 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].
'Portrait of E. L., an unmarried female, aged 28.
This woman is continually stealing articles belonging to other patients, which she secretes about her person; she is inclined to be industrious — works at her needle and is good tempered; at times she becomes violent and requires personal restraint.' |