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A Man Seated Holding a Child Plague Victim, a Woman Is Holding Back Another Man

Edward Matthew Ward (1816–1879)

Wellcome Collection

A Man Seated Holding a Child Plague Victim, a Woman Is Holding Back Another Man

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Wellcome Collection

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Title

A Man Seated Holding a Child Plague Victim, a Woman Is Holding Back Another Man

Date

1848

Medium

chalk & wash on paper

Measurements

H 38.2 x W 27.9 cm

Accession number

6422i

Acquisition method

presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome

Work type

Drawing & watercolour

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183 Euston Road, London, Greater London NW1 2BE England

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Edward Matthew Ward

1816–1879

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