World War Two: two disabled men, one with a leg amputated and one with an artificial leg. Watercolour by L. Rawlings, c. 1944.

  • Rawlings, Leo, -1990.
Date:
1944
Reference:
24140i
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About this work

Publication/Creation

1944

Physical description

1 painting : watercolour, with pen and ink ; image 18.8 x 12.8 cm

Lettering

Battle casualties. Many artificial limbs made in Changi. L.Rawlings Printed lettering attached to the mount reads: "very effective artificial limbs were made from the crudest materials by our men"

Notes

A second picture of similar subject matter is on the same mount (this catalogue, record no. 24139i)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 24140i

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