A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.

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[1820?]
Reference:
603117i
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A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced July 2021: A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a rodent disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.

Description

A man, with a frightened expression, suffering from a disease of the face. The verso is inscribed "Cancer of the nose Mr J Kay", but as he seems to have "Hutchinson's teeth", a symptom of congenital syphilis, the inscription may be a euphemism.

Publication/Creation

[1820?]

Physical description

1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 44 x 33 cm

Lettering

Cancer of the nose Mr J Kay. H Lettering on verso of canvas

Notes

This work is untitled, the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Part of a collection of paintings depicting gentlefolk of Leeds with grievous illnesses

Reference

Wellcome Collection 603117i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in “Diseases: Curse of the past, threat to the future” at Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim, Germany, 1 October 2021 – 17 July 2022

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