Stories
- Article
A reflection on art in a mental hospital
Artist Beth Hopkins explains how she used her experience of researching the Adamson Collection to create an embroidered wall hanging.
- Article
Hands-on healthcare
A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.
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Audrey in the world
As the collection is fully catalogued, the archive is opened up to the public. A feature film about Audrey premieres, and Audrey gets her own Wikipedia page, so people can learn about her. For archivist Elena, it’s time to step back.
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The ‘epileptic’ in art and science
From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.
Catalogue
- Journals
Annual review : / Paintings in Hospitals.
Paintings in HospitalsDate: 1997-- Books
Bringing art to the heart of healthcare / Paintings in Hospitals.
Paintings in HospitalsDate: [20--?]- Archives and manuscripts
"Paintings in Hospital"
Date: 1992-2001Reference: ART/AFH/A/16/1Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Books
Zur Geschichte der subkutanen Injektionen und Injektabilia in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts mit besonderer Berücksichti-gung der Quecksilbertherapie / von Gottfried Schramm.
Schramm, Gottfried, 1927-Date: 1987- Ephemera
World War 1 : an operating theatre in a hospital ship : oil painting by Godfrey Jervis Gordon ('Jan Gordon') : no. 44677i / Wellcome Library, Wellcome Collection.
Date: [2009]