Teaching watercolor of a woman and her skeleton, after John Shaw's Distortions of Spine, by Oscar Wallis, 1848-1854
Dublin Core
Title
Teaching watercolor of a woman and her skeleton, after John Shaw's Distortions of Spine, by Oscar Wallis, 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
Spine
Spinal Curvatures
Scoliosis
Femur
Scapula
Ribs
Ilium
Abstract
Teaching watercolor of woman with lateral curvature of the spine. Painting has two images. First view is of back of woman, from head to legs. Woman's hair is curled and pinned up. Woman is unclothed but has fabric draped around lower portion of body. Woman's right shoulder is shown higher than her left, and left hip is higher than her right. A distinct curved distortion of the spine is visible. Second image is skeleton, presumably from same woman, from cervical vertebrae to femurs. Spine shows samed curved lateral distortion. Right shoulder and left hip are also raised. 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 21142.177)
Format
image
Extent
1 Painting
Medium
Watercolors (paintings)
Type
still image
Identifier
WAM 21142.177
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 a woman and her skeleton, after John Shaw's Distortions of Spine, by Oscar Wallis, 1848-1854,” OnView, accessed April 27, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/13747.