“[James Henry Pullen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Pullen) was born in Dalston, London in 1835. Both he and his brother William were regarded as deaf, mute and were developmentally disabled. As a child, he began to carve small ships out of firewood and draw pictures of them. Pullen was first confined to Essex Hall, Colchester.”
Photo by George Edward Shuttleworth (1842-1928). He was Superintendent of the Royal Albert Asylum at Lancaster from 1870 to 1893.
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“[James Henry Pullen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Pullen) was born in Dalston, London in 1835. Both he and his brother William were regarded as deaf, mute and were developmentally disabled. As a child, he began to carve small ships out of firewood and draw pictures of them. Pullen was first confined to Essex Hall, Colchester.”
Photo by George Edward Shuttleworth (1842-1928). He was Superintendent of the Royal Albert Asylum at Lancaster from 1870 to 1893.
[Wellcome Collection source](https://wellcomecollection.org/search/images?query=Shuttleworth,%20G.%20E.#fnnpjdkm)