Surgeon operating on a man's foot
At the Alchemist
- Circa 1820 – circa 1870
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.In a small workshop a medical alchemist tends to the foot of a seated patient while the man's wife and child look on. At left, an assistant grinds a substance--likely a medicine or salve--in a small mortar and pestle. The humble shop is furnished with a table, a small shelf of vials and jars, and a paper print pasted against the rear wall. This painting was produced by adhering a lithographic print to a thin metal plate and painting over the top of it in oil.
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Surgeon Operating on a Man's Foot. Oil paint (paint), metal, circa 1820–1870. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rj430479p.
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