War, art and surgery : the work of Henry Tonks & Julia Midgley / edited by Samuel JMM Alberti ; with a foreword by Sir Roy Calne, and expert contributions by art historians Suzannah Biernoff and Emma Chambers, and military clinicians Peter Buxton and Clare Walton.

64 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cm

Drawn from experience : Julia Midgley Artist in Residence at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust 1997-1999.

A lecture to medical staff in London in training for operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2013.

Prosthetic legs wearing a pair of trainers. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2012.

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a physiotherapist giving a lecture on the knee to elderly patients. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a surgical operation. Aquatint by Julia Midgley, 1998.

Endoscopic examination of a patient's gut by Dr A.I. Morris, Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

Medical staff in training in Yorkshire for operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2012.

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a pathologist cutting open a body in the mortuary. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: the mortuary. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

Sewing up of an eye cavity in a cadaver after removal of the eye for training of surgeons. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2013.

1 drawing : pencil, pen and ink and watercolour ; sheet 42 x 29.7 cm

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: an angiography in progress. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

1 drawing : pencil, watercolour and acrylic ; sheet 42 x 29.7 cm

1 drawing : pencil and watercolour ; sheet 29.7 x 42 cm

1 print : aquatint, printed in green with etched lines in black ; platemark 25.5 x 34 cm

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Midgley, Julia

Images from the collections

Images by Midgley, Julia

Works from the collections

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: an angiography in progress. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a pathologist cutting open a body in the mortuary. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

Endoscopic examination of a patient's gut by Dr A.I. Morris, Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a surgical operation. Aquatint by Julia Midgley, 1998.

War, art and surgery : the work of Henry Tonks & Julia Midgley / edited by Samuel JMM Alberti ; with a foreword by Sir Roy Calne, and expert contributions by art historians Suzannah Biernoff and Emma Chambers, and military clinicians Peter Buxton and Clare Walton.

War, art and surgery : the work of Henry Tonks & Julia Midgley / edited by Samuel JMM Alberti ; with a foreword by Sir Roy Calne, and expert contributions by art historians Suzannah Biernoff and Emma Chambers, and military clinicians Peter Buxton and Clare Walton.

Drawn from experience : Julia Midgley Artist in Residence at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust 1997-1999.

Midgley, Julia

Images from the collections

Images by Midgley, Julia

Works from the collections

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: an angiography in progress. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a pathologist cutting open a body in the mortuary. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

Endoscopic examination of a patient's gut by Dr A.I. Morris, Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Drawing by Julia Midgley, 1998.

Royal Liverpool University Hospital: a surgical operation. Aquatint by Julia Midgley, 1998.

War, art and surgery : the work of Henry Tonks & Julia Midgley / edited by Samuel JMM Alberti ; with a foreword by Sir Roy Calne, and expert contributions by art historians Suzannah Biernoff and Emma Chambers, and military clinicians Peter Buxton and Clare Walton.

War, art and surgery : the work of Henry Tonks & Julia Midgley / edited by Samuel JMM Alberti ; with a foreword by Sir Roy Calne, and expert contributions by art historians Suzannah Biernoff and Emma Chambers, and military clinicians Peter Buxton and Clare Walton.

Drawn from experience : Julia Midgley Artist in Residence at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust 1997-1999.

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