Mrs Broadbent, afflicted with breast cancer. Watercolour, 1840.
- Date:
- [1840]
- Reference:
- 665377i
- Part of:
- Gentlefolk of Leeds afflicted with disease.
- Pictures
About this work
Description
A woman of about 40 years of age wearing a white bonnet tied at the chin with a blue ribbon, her upper body exposed showing cancer in her right breast
Publication/Creation
[1840]
Physical description
1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 56-57.3 7 x 44.5-45.7 cm
Lettering
Cancer of the breast Mrs Broadbent. Mrs Broadbent of Portland St, Leeds, cancer of the breast.
Lettering on verso
Notes
Part of a collection of paintings depicting gentlefolk of Leeds with grievous illnesses
Reference
Wellcome Collection 665377i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
portrait of Mrs Broadbent
Location Status Access Closed stores