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A Surgeon and His Black Assistant Letting Blood from a Lady's Arm

British (English) School

Wellcome Collection

A Surgeon and His Black Assistant Letting Blood from a Lady's Arm

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Wellcome Collection

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Title

A Surgeon and His Black Assistant Letting Blood from a Lady's Arm

Date

late 1770s/1780s

Medium

oil on ferrous metal

Measurements

H 30.7 x W 25.5 cm

Accession number

45017i

Acquisition method

purchased

Work type

Painting

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Could this painting depict Philadelphia physician Dr John Kearsley and his slave James Derham, or is it a generic scene?

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