Dr David Little Operating for Cataract

Harold Speed, 1872 - 1957


Dr David Little Operating for Cataract

Harold Speed 1872 - 1957

Summary

Hospital scene depicting Dr David Little, surgeon at the Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, operating to remove a cataract. The male patient lies fully clothed on a couch to right, the surgeon standing behind his head, assisted by a uniformed nurse seated to left and a male colleague standing to right, observing. There is a pile of books and a bottle on a desk in the background to the left, before a closed door.


Object Name

Dr David Little Operating for Cataract

Creators Name

Harold Speed

Date Created

1919

Dimensions

unframed: 136.3cm x 122.2cm
framed: 159.5cm x 146.1cm

accession number

1919.27

Place of creation

England

Support

canvas

Medium

oil


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