Healthcare in Great Britain: the insane walk the streets, the old die alone in their homes, mocked by the affluent. Gouache by J. Flatter, 198-.

  • Flatter, Joseph Otto, 1894-1988.
Date:
[between 1980 and 1989]
Reference:
665543i
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Description

In Great Britain in the 1980s a number of large and long-standing mental hospitals (lunatic asylums) were closed and the patients were transferred to smaller houses known as "care in the community"

Publication/Creation

[between 1980 and 1989]

Physical description

1 painting : gouache ; sheet 29.1 x 36.4 cm

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Lettering

N.H. cuts: let them die in their home, let the community look after the mad Inscribed by the artist in pencil. "N.H." means the National Health Service (NHS)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 665543i

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