World War I: the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on active service. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey, ca. 1918.

  • Mackey, Haydn Reynolds, 1881-1979.
Date:
1918
Reference:
549556i
  • Pictures

Selected images from this work

View 8 images

About this work

Also known as

Also known as : R.A.M.C. on active service

Description

Approx. 22 figures. A procession of the walking wounded and stretcher bearers make their way across the canvas towards the viewer's left. Centre background, soldiers fire a large piece of artillery. In the foreground, two dead soldiers lie on the ground. The front stretcher bearer has a red cross badge on his uniform and wears a red cross armband with a white ground

Publication/Creation

1918

Physical description

1 painting : oil, on canvas ; painting height 263 (left)-263 (centre)-263.5 (right) x width 597 (top)-596 (bottom) cm

Contributors

Lettering

Haydn R. Mackey

References note

Medicine and surgery in the Great War (1914-1918), London: Wellcome Institute, 1968, front cover (in reverse) and p. 2, no. 6

Reference

Wellcome Collection 549556i

Type/Technique

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    		By appointmentManual request

    Note

Permanent link