King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst, West Sussex: a surgical operation as envisaged by the patient. Drawing by Adrian Hill, 1939.

  • Hill, Adrian, 1895-1977.
Date:
20.1.39 [20 January 1939]
Reference:
643211i
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About this work

Description

"A minor operation consequent on the surgical treatment. Certain abstract sensations were remembered during the operation. My nurse holding my hand--the surgeon looming up like a sapient white ghost--my own set smile, detached and hovering in front of my eyes--the heat and pressure--vague rhythmic shapes--sharp whispers like birds chirruping--muffled activity--and little drops of warm brandy"--Hill, op. cit.

Publication/Creation

20.1.39 [20 January 1939]

Physical description

1 drawing : pen and grey ink over pencil ; sheet 37.9 x 26.7 cm

Lettering

What happened at 5pm! 20.1.39 Adrian Hill

Creator/production credits

Drawn by Hill during eleven months of illness and convalescence at the King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst, West Sussex (Hill, op. cit.)

References note

Adrian Hill, 'An artist's delirium: Adrian Hill draws his illness', The studio, November 1940, pp. 170-171

Reference

Wellcome Collection 643211i

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