A nurse treating a man for skin disease. Drawing by Robert Sargent Austin, 1943.

1943.

1 drawing : charcoal ; sight 77 x 55.5 cm

Skin disease. A sister applying ointment to skin sores. Austin 1943

Wellcome Collection 542315i

"Austin was a ... vigorous draughtsman, as his series of drawings of Women's Auxiliary Air Force and ballooning activities done during World War II shows" (David Buckman, Dictionary of artists in Britain since 1945, Bristol 1998, p. 89). This may be one of his drawings of the WAAF