Drawing of two quadrupedal animals and two human figures

Previous title, replaced January 2025: Two quadrupeds and two human figures. Matchstick drawing by J.J. Beegan, ca. 1946.

The drawing is across conjoined sheets of toilet paper, made using pencil, previously misidentified as the carbon from the end of a matchstick. It was previously combined with 2846840i to make a single image.

c.1946

1 drawing pencil on toilet paper

Prior to Wellcome Collection, this work was framed and stored in David O'Flynn's office in Orchard House, Lambeth Hospital. The work has been deframed during cataloguing for preservation reasons.

Photographs and discussion featured in ALMOST CERTAINLY, THE CATALOGUE RASIONNÉ OF THE CREATOR(S?) KNOWN AS JJ BEEGAN, Art as Healing: Edward Adamson and The Adamson Collection: illustrations of mental illness or a testament to spontaneous artistic expression?

Photography and description by Edward Adamson published in Art as Healing, Edward Adamson, Coventure: London, 1984, p.9

This work is untitled; the title has been supplied by the cataloguer for identification purposes.

This work is attributed to the creator; the creator was identified by Edward Adamson in other documentation.