King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst, West Sussex: a surgical operation as envisaged by the patient. Drawing by Adrian Hill, 1939.

  • Hill, Adrian, 1895-1977.
Date:
20.1.39 [20 January 1939]
Reference:
643211i
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About this work

Description

"A minor operation consequent on the surgical treatment. Certain abstract sensations were remembered during the operation. My nurse holding my hand--the surgeon looming up like a sapient white ghost--my own set smile, detached and hovering in front of my eyes--the heat and pressure--vague rhythmic shapes--sharp whispers like birds chirruping--muffled activity--and little drops of warm brandy"--Hill, op. cit.

Publication/Creation

20.1.39 [20 January 1939]

Physical description

1 drawing : pen and grey ink over pencil ; sheet 37.9 x 26.7 cm

Lettering

What happened at 5pm! 20.1.39 Adrian Hill

References note

Adrian Hill, 'An artist's delirium: Adrian Hill draws his illness', The studio, November 1940, pp. 170-171

Reference

Wellcome Collection 643211i

Creator/production credits

Drawn by Hill during eleven months of illness and convalescence at the King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst, West Sussex (Hill, op. cit.)

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