A nine week old baby girl with diseased skin on her face, arms and body, displaying symptoms of hereditary syphilis. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1856.

  • D'Alton, Christopher, active 1847-1871.
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1856
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575662i
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A nine week old baby girl with diseased skin on her face, arms and body, displaying symptoms of hereditary syphilis. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1856. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1856.

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1 drawing : pencil, with watercolour ; sheet 45.7 x 36.5 cm

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Christopher D'Alton ; Portfolio No. 6 ; Nine weeks old ; No. 15 ; Hereditary syphilis, nine weeks old Bears numbers: 9 and 58 Lettering in pencil on verso reads: Elizabeth Evans ; Nine weeks old ; June 11th '56

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

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Wellcome Collection 575662i

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