The doctor.
- Robinson, Frederic Cayley, 1862-1927
- Date:
- 1920
- Reference:
- 672829i
- Part of:
- Acts of mercy. Oil paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1915-1920.
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Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2023: Wounded and sick men gathered outside a hospital. Oil painting by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1920.
Description
The painting shows men attending the hospital. They include soldiers who had returned from World War I and were prevented from working by war wounds or psychological trauma. On the left it is morning and a nurse tolls the time of day (as in religious houses) while on the right evening falls on a terrace of Fitzrovia townhouses. The equestrian statue represents the service of the hospital to the state
Publication/Creation
1920.
Physical description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; sight 196 x 336 cm ; canvas 198.5 x 339.5 x 4 cm
Series
Contributors
Lettering
Cayley Robinson, 1920
Exhibitions note
Exhibited in "Pre-Raphaelites: A Modern Renaissance" at Musei di San Domenico 23 February - 30th June 2024
Exhibited in the Library at Wellcome Collection, London, 5 November 2010-16 July 2013, 2015-
Exhibited in 'Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of mercy' at the National Gallery, London, 14 July-17 October 2010.
Exhibited in the Wellcome Library, London, 31 March 2009 - 2 July 2010.
Displayed in Middlesex Hospital until 2007.
Notes
Left painting of the pair.
Title provided by the artist.
References note
William Schupbach, 'Daumier’s Flâneur: an appropriated man', Wellcome Library blog, 17 January 2014 https://wayback.archive-it.org/16107/20210312232527/http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2014/01/daumiers-print-collector-an-appropriated-man/
Reference
Wellcome Collection 672829i
Type/Technique
Where to find it
The doctor [left painting of two]
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request