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Charcoal drawings

Images

  • Nurses being lectured on bandaging using a mannequin on a hospital ward. Drawing by J. Belon.
  • Old oak tree (Quercus species) in Windsor Forest. Charcoal drawing by G. B. (or B. G.), 1852.
  • World War I: a hospital in a church. Charcoal drawing.
  • Pope Leo XIII on his deathbed. Charcoal drawing by D. MacPherson after A. Bianchini, 1903.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Drawing by A.-Ch. Coumeau or Courneau, 1802-1804, after N. Poussin.
  • World War II: members of the Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) making gauze bandages. Drawing by E. Hudson, 1942.
  • World War I: women manufacturing prosthetic limbs. Charcoal drawing with bodycolour by A. Garratt, 1916.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Drawing by A.-Ch. Coumeau or Courneau, 1802-1804, after N. Poussin.
  • Norbert Hirschhorn. Drawing by N. Gomperts, 2008.
  • An old man. Charcoal drawing.
All images (24)

Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Edward Adamson as a merman, and two heads. Drawing by M. Birch, ca. 1971.

    Birch, Martin, active approximately 1968-1973. | Date: [ca. 1971] | Reference: 2851754i
    Part of: Adamson Collection
    • Pictures

    A man wearing a collar and tie, with an apple for his head. Drawing by M. Birch, 1972.

    Birch, Martin, active approximately 1968-1973. | Date: Sept. 72 [September 1972] | Reference: 2853329i
    Part of: Adamson Collection
    • Pictures

    The head of a pixie. Drawing by M. Birch, ca. 1971.

    Birch, Martin, active approximately 1968-1973. | Date: [ca. 1971] | Reference: 2851753i
    Part of: Adamson Collection
    • Pictures

    A young woman as a ballet dancer; the head of a bearded man. Drawing by F. Coppard, 1968.

    Coppard, Fay, active approximately 1968. | Date: 22.3.68 [22 March 1968] | Reference: 2921873i
    Part of: Adamson Collection
    • Pictures

    Head of a cat formed from irregular curved shapes. Drawing by M. Birch, ca. 1973.

    Birch, Martin, active approximately 1968-1973. | Date: [ca. 1973?] | Reference: 2853324i
    Part of: Adamson Collection
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