Mrs Prince, after surgical removal of a breast. Watercolour, 1841.

Date:
1841
Reference:
603115i
Part of:
Gentlefolk of Leeds afflicted with disease.
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Mrs Prince, after surgical removal of a breast. Watercolour, 1841. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A woman of about 40 years of age in a lace cap, wearing a dark purple dress, open to below the bosom, and a yellow shawl, her right breast surgically removed, the wound open

Publication/Creation

1841.

Physical description

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 61.5 x 49 cm

Lettering

Cancer of the breast. Mrs. Prince, Cobourgh Street Leeds, 1840-1 Lettering on verso

Notes

Part of a collection of paintings depicting gentlefolk of Leeds with grievous illnesses

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in "Cancer Revolution: Science, Innovation and Hope" at the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester, 22 October 2021 - 27 March 2022, and the Science Museum 25 May 2022 - 31 January 2023

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Wellcome Collection 603115i

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