"Road to Recovery"

Painting of a man with one eye open, right hand resting on a table with an apple and a snake, left hand raised with a candle balanced on the tips of the fingers and open handcuffs around the wrist, and a wheel of cheese above his head with a mousetrap inside. Inscription describing the subjects, creator's name and date of creation written in pencil by the creator on the reverse.

15 July 1969

1 painting ink, watercolour and gouache on paper

Prior to Wellcome Collection, this work was framed and stored in the 1st floor corridors, Reay House, Lambeth Hospital. This work has been deframed during cataloguing for preservation reasons.

The title has been taken from wording on the object.