'Given up as hopeless"

  • Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990
Date:
July 1969
Reference:
2871462i
Part of:
Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

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Credit

'Given up as hopeless". In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2025: A person slumped in a green boat on red water. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
Adamson Trust Title: Hopeless

Description

Drawing of a human figure lying face down with hands obscuring face inside a rounded green shape amidst red rounded lines. Interpretation and the date of creation are inscribed on the reverse, probably by Edward Adamson.

Publication/Creation

July 1969

Physical description

1 painting watercolour and pencil on paper

Contributors

Arrangement

Prior to Wellcome Collection, this work was stored in a folder on 1st floor, Reay House, Lambeth Hospital.

Notes

The title has been taken from wording on the object.
This work is attributed to the creator; it was stored with other identified works.

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