Teaching watercolor of man with surgically dissected face and neck, 1848-1854
Dublin Core
Title
Teaching watercolor of man with surgically dissected face and neck, 1848-1854
Subject
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Muscles
Skin
Tendons
Arteries
Face
Ear
Nose
Hair
Mouth
Neck
Neck Muscles
Facial Muscles
Abstract
Teaching watercolor of man with surgically dissected face and neck. Man's head is turned to the side so only right eye, right ear, right side of nose, and right side of mouth are visible. Man has brown hair and is depicted with eyes closed. Skin has been removed from scalp line to ear to center of face, following nose and chin down to neck. Dissection shows internal muscles, tendons, and arteries, as well as fatty tissue beneath skin. There is brown cube and silver hook behind the man's head and blue cloth wrapped around his neck. Watercolor is framed in green sewn textile, with metal grommets in each of the four corners.
Creator
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
Date Created
1848-1854
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Warren Anatomical Museum (WAM 21142.416)
Format
image
Extent
1 Painting
Medium
Watercolors (paintings)
Type
still image
Identifier
WAM 21142.416
Provenance
Henry Jacob Bigelow employed artist Oscar Wallis exclusively from 1848 - 1854 to paint a series of large teaching watercolors to illustrate Bigelow's lectures at Harvard Medical School. Wallis painted the teaching diagrams from local subjects and from the atlases of established medical authorities. The effort cost Bigelow $6,000. In 1890 Bigelow presented the watercolors to Reginald H. Fitz to be used in the Harvard Medical School's Department of Anatomy. The watercolors were transferred into the Warren Anatomical Museum between 1890 and 1930.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
100 W x 139 H cm
Files
Citation
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890 and Wallis, Oscar, “Teaching watercolor of man with surgically dissected face and neck, 1848-1854,” OnView, accessed May 11, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/13758.