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Fenestration – The Magnifying Glass, Stage 2

© Bowness. Photo credit: Bolton Library & Museum Services, Bolton Council

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This is one of a series of six pictures executed in 1948 at the London Clinic of Fenestration (an operation done on the ear to help otosclerotic deafness). The related sketchbook is in the Science Museum, London.

Bolton Museum and Art Gallery

Bolton

Title

Fenestration – The Magnifying Glass, Stage 2

Date

1948

Medium

oil & pencil on board

Measurements

H 38 x W 26 cm

Accession number

BOLMG:1975.177

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 1975

Work type

Painting

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