Severely diseased areas of tissue on the head and face of a dead woman, who had suffered from sloughing phagedena: shown in profile from the left and right sides. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1857.

1857.

1 drawing : pencil with watercolour ; sheet 38 x 55.9 cm

Christopher D'Alton fecit ; Portfolio No. 9 ; The patient No. 6 on the Dead House table ; Sloughing phagedena Lettering in pencil on verso reads: Mary Swanford ['Swancott' crossed out] ; Drawing taken after death ; March 2nd 1857 ; Died March 2 at 2 o'clock A.M.

See also record 575863i for an image showing the same patient (?) two months earlier

One of a large collection of drawings by Christopher D'Alton of patients at the Royal Free Hospital, Grays Inn Road, London

Wellcome Collection 575868i