"Overcome with shame & asking for help & mercy"

  • Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990
Date:
June 1969
Reference:
2868049i
Part of:
Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

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Credit

"Overcome with shame & asking for help & mercy". In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2025: A woman with her head bowed and hands stretched forwards in supplication; the Union Jack above. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.

Description

Painting of a person with head bowed and hands outstretched with union flag in red and purple suggested in background. Creator's name, interpretation and the date of creation are inscribed on the reverse, probably by Edward Adamson.

Publication/Creation

June 1969

Physical description

1 painting watercolour 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.

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