Mrs Prince, after surgical removal of a breast

Mrs Prince, after surgical removal of a breast

A woman of about 40 years of age in a lace cap, wearing a dark purple dress, open to below the bosom, and a yellow shawl, her right breast surgically removed, the wound open; 1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 61.5 x 49 cm; Cancer of the breast. Mrs. Prince, Cobourgh Street Leeds, 1840-1; Exhibited in "Cancer Revolution: Science, Innovation and Hope" at the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester, 22 October 2021 - 27 March 2022 5UkLW; Lettering on verso

https://wellcomecollection.org/works/vbfqyeh6

Leeds

1841

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

watercolor

English