Back of a woman suffering from skin covered in a rash caused by syphilis. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1862.

1862.

1 drawing : pencil with watercolour and chalk ; sheet 54 x 38.1 cm

Lettering in pen on verso reads: Emma Stanley, indoor patient, Royal Free, May 27th 1862 ; Excellent example of the tint of syphilitic lichen ; Six weeks old - This patient had a relapse June 2 1862, when the eruption resumed a very red tint of which the square specimen annexed [?] hereto is a very good copy

One of a large collection of drawings by Christopher D'Alton of patients at the Royal Free Hospital, Grays Inn Road, London

Wellcome Collection 574402i