Stages in breast cancer suffered by Mrs Broadbent of Leeds. Watercolours, 1840-1841.

Date:
[1840-1841]
Reference:
665381i
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Gentlefolk of Leeds afflicted with disease.
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Shows stages 2-9 in the breast cancer suffered by Mrs Broadbent of Leeds from late 1840 to early 1841. The watercolours are silhouetted to the shape of the cancerous area, and stitched together at one side so that the entire sequence can be flicked through. For stage 1 see the separate half-length portrait of her, Wellcome Library catalogue no. 665377i.

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[1840-1841]

Physical description

8 paintings : watercolour

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Lettering on verso

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2. 1st application of the caustic--3. see no. 1 caustic off-- 4 outside become darker; fresh caustic applied within the circle, the inside larger as before--5 caustic taken off [pencil:] caustic again taken off, inside large again --6 The point is healing fast--7 v healing all around; the point (??) quite healed--8. Dec 22d 1840 8 v No 8 Dec 22d 1840 Sore is healing.--9Jan 23 41 v No 9 Jan 23d 1841 The sore continues to contract

Reference

Wellcome Collection 665381i

Notes

Part of a collection of paintings depicting gentlefolk of Leeds with grievous illnesses

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