Stories
- Article
The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
- Article
Mary Bishop and the surveillant gaze
Writer and artist Rose Ruane explores the paintings of Mary Bishop, created during a 30-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, which speak of constant medical surveillance and censorious self-examination.
- 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.
- Article
The intermediate life of spirits
Courttia Newland explores the events and his feelings surrounding the death of his mother-in-law, Tara Chauhan.
Catalogue
- Books
Paintings, genuine, fraud, fake : modern methods of examining paintings / R.H. Marijnissen.
Marijnissen, Roger H.Date: 1985- Books
Paintings in Dutch museums : an index of oil paintings in public collections in the Netherlands by artists born before 1870 / compiled by Christopher Wright.
Wright, Christopher, 1945-Date: [1980], ©1980- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
'Paintings - old cards (valuable)'
Date: 1930s-1940sReference: WA/HMM/IC/3/E.4Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Paintings, arranged in subject order Social Subjects [Sculpture- Portraits]
Date: 1960s-1980sReference: WA/HMM/IC/3/U.3Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Paintings, arranged in subject order: Sciences
Date: 1960s-1980sReference: WA/HMM/IC/3/U.1Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library
