Six bishops in blue mitres (artwork)

1 drawing by Psychiatric patient 1 "Heinz", depicting a row of six armless bishops, all wearing glasses and blue mitres, and each has a moustache. At their feet are green parrots and blue, red and purple snakes.

The title has been supplied by the cataloguer for identification purposes.

Rita Simon's style classification: Linear transition.

c.1950

1 artwork Pastel on paper. 37.8 x 27.6 cm.

The patient was a male German Jewish refugee working in the 1950s. He was paranoid and seemed to compensate for this through admiring Hitler and kept a photograph of Hitler on his person. "Heinz" attended therapy sessions once a week at a psychiatric centre. He had very precise English diction and sat very straight when drawing.

This information is taken from conversations between Rita Simon and Wellcome staff between 1995 and 1997.