An Emergency Operation in a Hospital Ward, Athens, 1941
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image: A emaciated patient in a hospital ward slumps back on his pillow having just been injected by an orderly, while two masked surgeons work on his raised leg.
History note
War Artists Advisory Committee purchase
Blair H S 44
Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Hughes-Stanton, Blair Rowlands
Support: paper
medium: chalk
medium: ink
Support: Height 354 mm, Width 506 mm
Art.IWM ART LD 3837
Object associations
Greece 1941, Balkans, Second World War
Associated keywords
medical / convalescence
wounded / disabled
Associated themes
Greece and Crete 1939-1945
A Procession in Athens, 1944
Laying a Wreath, Athens, 1944
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