Miss Mosley, afflicted with breast cancer. Watercolour, 1828.
- Date:
- Oct. 1828
- Reference:
- 665384i
- Part of:
- Gentlefolk of Leeds afflicted with disease.
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Description
A woman, looking downwards, her upper body exposed showing her right breast destroyed by cancer
Publication/Creation
Oct. 1828.
Physical description
1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 36.5 x 50.5 cm
Lettering
Entire destruction of the breast by cancerous ulceration. See Miss Moseley's case Oct 1828. Lived 6 years after
Lettering on verso: Cancer of the breast, see Miss Mosley's case
Notes
Part of a collection of paintings depicting gentlefolk of Leeds with grievous illnesses
Reference
Wellcome Collection 665384i
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Where to find it
portrait of Miss Mosley
Location Status Access Closed stores