Queen Mary I touching the neck of a boy for the King's evil (scrofula). Watercolour by M.S. Lapthorn, 1911, after a watercolour, 16th. century.

Date:: 1911

Reference:: 18450i

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Queen Mary I touching the neck of a boy for the King's evil (scrofula). Watercolour by M.S. Lapthorn, 1911, after a watercolour, 16th. century. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

King's evil is also called scrofula: it can be described as a form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph glands in the neck. There is a tradition that this ailment could be cured by Royal touch. This tradition dates from the reign of Edward the Confessor

Publication/Creation

1911

Physical description

1 painting : watercolour ; image 11.7 x 8 cm

Contributors

Lapthorn, M.

Lettering

M. Lapthorn 1911

References note

R. Crawfurd, The king's evil, Oxford 1911, p. 68 (reproduced)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 18450i

Reproduction note

After:a watercolour in Queen Mary's manual which is housed in the library of Westminster Cathedral