A surgical operation on the knee of an elderly woman. Soft-ground etching and aquatint by Virginia Powell, ca. 1996.
Observed at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, London. The beginning of the operation is shown, with just the two main surgeons: afterwards, they leave and let others take over for the sewing up etc. Left, a female nurse lays out the instruments, the anaesthetist is seated to right In the left background, the stands and floodlights of Chelsea Football Club, Stamford Bridge, are visible…
Creator
- Virginia Powell
Subject
- Surgery
- POWELL, VIRGINIA
- 1996
- KNEE OPERATION
- BRN: 40690
- Surgery
Type of item
- Soft-ground etchings
Creator
- Virginia Powell
Subject
- Surgery
- POWELL, VIRGINIA
- 1996
- KNEE OPERATION
- BRN: 40690
- Surgery
Type of item
- Soft-ground etchings
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
User generated content
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Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- L0028357
Identifier
- L0028357
- b1198510
- ICV No 51428
- bhf4cs5b
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
Timestamp created
- 2019-06-09T12:17:21.120Z
Timestamp updated
- 2019-06-09T12:17:21.120Z