A Street Accident

Glyn Warren Philpot 1884 - 1937

Summary

A street scene depicting a crowd gathered round a man lying unconscious in the centre foreground. A distressed woman kneels beside him to the left with one hand raised in exclamation to crowd of onlookers standing to either side, including two young boys in the right foreground. A discarded ladder lies on the ground in the bottom right corner, and there is a glimpse of a brightly lit street in the centre background.

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Glyn Warren Philpot, was one of the first gay artists in a long-term relationship with Vivian Forbes. This is a view a marginalised community by an artist at the margins.