A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Watercolour by R. Smirke.

1 painting : watercolour ; image 25.1 x 37.4 cm

Forms a pair with : A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Watercolour by R. Smirke. (Wcat)17930i

Wellcome Collection 17928i

John P Griffin, 'A tale of two paintings and the London medical scene of the late 18th century', Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, August 1990, vol. 83, no. 8, pp. 520-523

An oil painting by R. Smirke of this composition is in the Government Art Collection

Forms a pair with: A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Watercolour by R. Smirke.