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Wellcome Collection

2,984 works

Loose oil painting of a ward interior with rows of white-draped beds and seated figures under soft ceiling lights.

Interior of a naval ambulance train. Oil painting by Godfrey Jervis Gordon ("Jan Gordon")

Woman in red sari playing a sitar on a stone ledge by a pond, with arched palace architecture behind her.

A seated Indian woman plays a sitar next to a garden pond

Raja Ravi Varma

Grey monochrome landscape of thatched huts by a lake, a sailboat on calm water, bare trees and distant mountains under clouds

A Japanese landscape. Gouache painting by Matsuzaki

Two saints with halos stand in a hilly landscape, one holding a book and palm frond, the other in a red fur-trimmed cloak.

Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian in a landscape. Oil painting attributed to A. Pérez de Pineda

Andrés Pérez de Pineda

Watercolour of a tall toddy palm trunk on a rocky slope with hills and trees under a yellow dusk sky.

Old trunk of a toddy palm tree (Caryota urens). Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit

Hermann von Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski

Watercolour of a desert encampment with a tall funnel cloud above a tented enclosure, mountains, flocks and palm trees.

The Israelites' encampment in the wilderness of Paran after the Exodus from Egypt: God manifests himself in the form…

Grisaille portrait of a man with curly hair and a dark cloak, holding a flask, beside a stack of labelled books.

Anthony Colley (Colly). Wash drawing en grisaille attributed to G. P. Harding

George Perfect Harding

Watercolour of a young juniper tree on a rocky ridge above a river valley and misty mountains under cloudy sky.

Young juniper tree (Juniperus nigra) on a ridge top in Nepal. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855

Hermann von Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski

Gouache of a physician listening to a patient's back through a tube in a hospital ward with white bed curtains.

René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec auscultating a tuberculous patient at the Necker Hospital, Paris. Gouache after T. C…

Théobald Chartran

Reclining woman in blue robe showing a large open breast tumour, painted in gouache on paper.

A woman, reclining, with a large tumour on her left breast. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1837

Full-length watercolour portrait of a man in a periwig and red and gold robe beside a stone archway.

Charles Goodall. Watercolour painting by G. P. Harding, 1810, after T. Murray

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat and spectacles beside a skull and a glass case with a skeleton.

Thomas Turner of Manchester. Oil painting attributed to W. Bonnar

Christopher Nugent. Wash painting by S. Harding, 1806, after J. Barry, 1772

Watercolour portrait bust of a man with dark hair, dark coat and cravat, against a pale blue wash background.

Edward Binns. Watercolour by A.H. Taylor, 1838

Alfred Henry Taylor

A man with a tumour below and behind his right ear. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-

Watercolour portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit holding a glass vacuum tube, standing against a grey background

Sir William Crookes. Watercolour painting by L. Ward [Spy], 1903

Oval watercolour portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, hands clasped, signed E. D. Smith, 1845.

Henry Joseph Bradfield. Watercolour painting by E. D. Smith, 1845

Gouache of a reclining woman in blue robes hiding her face, with a large fleshy tumour beside her on a wooden box.

A woman (Leang Yen?) with a large tumour on her right hand, reclining and concealing her face. Gouache, 18--, after L…

Oil painting of ancient figures and cherubs sorting medicines in an arched laboratory with a furnace and mortar.

Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medi…

Johannes Zacharias Simon Prey

Oil portrait of an elderly white-bearded man in a dark suit seated in an armchair beside a bookshelf.

Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, Bt., writer on pharmacology and therapeutics. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a…

Harry Herman Salomon

Gouache portrait of a bald man with a large pink tumour on his left side, draped in a grey cloth against a pale background.

A man (Woo Kinshing), facing front, with a massive tumour on the left side of his trunk. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua…

Caricature watercolour of an elderly stooped man in a dark coat and red sash holding a watch chain, labelled Sir James Paget.

Sir James Paget. Watercolour by Sir L. Ward [Spy], 1876

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a letter, with papers on a red table.

William Newnham (1790-1865), medical practitioner at Farnham, Surrey, "in practice before 1815". Oil painting by Jame…

Gouache portrait of a bald man in a blue robe with a large tumour on the right side of his face.

A man (Chang Achum?), facing front, with a tumour on the right side of his face. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1837

Oil portrait of a standing man in a dark coat and grey waistcoat, one hand resting on a table, against a dark background.

Sir Morell Mackenzie (1837-1892), otorhinolaryngologist. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph

Harry Herman Salomon

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair and moustache in a dark suit, seated before a dark background, in a gilded fra

Sir Patrick Manson (1844-1922), investigator of tropical diseases. Oil painting by H. H. Salomon (?) after [W.?] E. W…

Walter Ernest Webster

Seated woman in blue robe on a wooden bench, with a large tumour on her left cheek, painted in gouache.

A woman (Lo Wanshun) with a tumour on her left cheek. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1836

Oil portrait of a grey-haired woman in a dark academic gown with pink-trimmed hood, holding a black cap against a dark backgr

Dame Louisa Brandreth Aldrich-Blake, surgeon. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph

Harry Herman Salomon

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in wire-rimmed glasses, dark jacket and white collar, against a red-brown background.

Sir Jonathan Hutchinson. Oil painting by W. Swainson

Gouache of a seated woman in blue robe with a large breast tumour spreading across her chest.

A woman with a tumour in her right breast which is expanding over her trunk. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-