"Woman with dead flowers"

Previous title, replaced January 2025: A woman wearing a purple dress holds drooping flowers under a green tree. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1971. / A purple eruption. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1971.

On the front, a drawing of a woman in a long purple dress with green trees and foliage surrounding her. On the reverse, a painting of purple lines in a frond shape. Creator's name, subject and the date of creation are inscribed on the reverse, probably by Edward Adamson.

May 1971

1 painting watercolour and pencil on paper

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

The title has been taken from wording on the object.