Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account
Concept

Children's accidents

Images

  • A boy has cut his finger which is being treated by his mother; two other siblings hold him back while he resists. Coloured etching (?) after D. Wilkie, 18--.
  • A man praying to the Virgin of the Seven Sorrows and a monastic saint to intercede with Christ to save a child trapped beneath a drain-grid, 1727. Oil painting by an Italian painter, 1727.
  • A boy walking with crutches, held in the palm of a hand, representing the responsibility of the motorist to avoid hitting pedestrians. Gouache painting by John Bonella Third, 1949.
All images (3)

Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    A boy has cut his finger which is being treated by his mother; two other siblings hold him back while he resists. Coloured etching (?) after D. Wilkie, 18--.

    Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 665663i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A man praying to the Virgin of the Seven Sorrows and a monastic saint to intercede with Christ to save a child trapped beneath a drain-grid, 1727. Oil painting by an Italian painter, 1727.

    | Date: 1727 | Reference: 44896i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A boy walking with crutches, held in the palm of a hand, representing the responsibility of the motorist to avoid hitting pedestrians. Gouache painting by John Bonella Third, 1949.

    Third, John Bonella, 1924-1998. | Date: 1949 | Reference: 43598i
    • Pictures

    Help provided by the Deutsche Angestellten Krankenkasse to Anna, a child who cuts herself on a rusty piece of barbed wire. Colour lithograph, ca. 199-.

    | Date: [199?-] | Reference: 2072368i
    • Pictures

    A policeman holds a boy injured in a traffic accident; advertising automobile liability insurance. Photograph, 19162-.

    | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?] | Reference: 2848877i
All works (5)

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Library
    closed
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Access information

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
SoundCloud
YouTube
Tripadvisor

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence