"Myself as a child holding up the weight of my sick mother"

Drawing of a small girl with very long arms holding up a platform with a headless body lying on it, possibly unfinished. Inscribed by the creator on the front. Creator's name and the date of creation are inscribed on the reverse, probably by Edward Adamson.

January 1969

1 drawing pencil on paper

Prior to Wellcome Collection, this work was framed and stored in a former shower room on 1st floor of Reay House, Lambeth Hospital. The work has been deframed during cataloguing for preservation reasons.

The title has been taken from wording on the object.