Adamson handling and display collection: reproductions of paintings and drawings by people with mental illness ca. 1946-1990. Colour photographs, 2017.

Date:
[2017]
Reference:
3025646i
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About this work

Description

Contains reproductions of thirteen paintings in the Wellcome Library

Publication/Creation

[2017]

Physical description

13 photographs : photoprints, printed in colours ; various sizes + printed labels and copies of a handout

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3025646i

Contents

A Christmas celebration. Gouache by H. Sennitt, 1949. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. 2948664i
Anguish. Gouache by Mary Bishop 1962. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. R1C64
Road to nowhere. Gouache by Martin Birch 1960s. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. R1C21
A cat smiling. Gouache by M. Birch, 1968. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. 2948749i
Still life of flasks. Gouache, ca. 1970 (?). Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. OOF16
Honeymoon in Paris. Gouache, 1949. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. R1C12
Edward Adamson with ram's horn ears, with an angel blowing the trumpet. Drawing by M. Birch, 1969. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. 2851437i
Portrait of Edward Adamson. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. OOF49
Self portrait as Christ by Lowe Watson. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. OOF10
Eyes, inside-and-outside, masks and confinement. Gouache by H. Sennitt in 1953. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. R1C9
A standing figure facing left. Crayon drawing by J.J. Beegan, ca. 1946. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. 2846834i
Drawing and inscription by Joan Wisdom, 1967. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. 2948748i
Two sides of a ravine: left, a woman walks away towards the left; right, a man in a white laboratory coat. Watercolour by T.E. Hart, 1967. Reproduction of Adamson Collection/Wellcome Library no. 2948663i

Creator/production credits

The artist and teacher Edward Adamson (1911-1996) established a painting and drawing studio for people with mental illness at Netherne Hospital (at Hooley, Surrey) in 1946, and continued to run it until his retirement in 1981

Type/Technique

Where to find it

  • 13 colour photographs with printed labels and copies of a handout

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