Head of a child with closed eyes and skin disease on the face. Watercolour, 1892.

The inscription "Florence Linton at 1 1/12" is interpreted as meaning that the infant is Florence Linton at the age of 13 months. She may be Florence Beatrice Linton, born in the parish of St Pancras, London, in April 1891

"Molluscum contagiosum" is the name given to wart-like skin eruptions such as those shown in this portrait

1892.

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 31.7 x 22 cm

No. 132. Florence Linton at 1 1/12. June 1892. Lettering in ink on verso, where is also visible offset of old printed sheet with words "Molluscum contagiosum"

Wellcome Collection 672901i