Teaching watercolor of three badly healed injuries to the femur
Dublin Core
Title
Teaching watercolor of three badly healed injuries to the femur
Subject
Bone and Bones
Fractures, Bone
Femoral Fractures
Dislocations
Femur
Patella
Tibia
Fibula
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Teaching Aids and devices
Teaching Methods
Harvard Medical School. Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Description
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints, plate 14
Abstract
Large watercolor showing three different injured femurs that were healed badly. On the right is a fractured femur that healed at an angle. In the middle is a dislocated knee that fused together the shin bones, patella, and femur, and the bone on the left shows a large lump where the bone healed crooked. Watercolor is framed in green sewn textile, with metal grommets on each of the four corners.
Creator
Wallis, Oscar
Date Created
1848-1854
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Warren Anatomical Museum (21142.107)
References
Original work can be found in the Countway Rare Books Collection (23.X.9)
Format
image
Medium
watercolors (paintings)
Identifier
21142.107
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 69 H cm
Files
Citation
Wallis, Oscar, “Teaching watercolor of three badly healed injuries to the femur,” OnView, accessed September 17, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/13171.