Teaching watercolor of removed masses in skin tissue and a microscopic view of the tissue
Description:
Possibly from local Boston patient Large watercolor showing several views of masses growing under the skin. In the upper left is a view of the removed tissue from the skin side, showing the masses as lumps under the skin. In the upper right are two dissected cross section views. On the bottom is a large microscopic view of the tissue, bordered in black, showing the different types of cells. A red blood cell is for scale. Watercolor is framed in green sewn textile, with metal grommets in each of the four corners.
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Notes:
Henry Jacob Bigelow employed artist Oscar Wallis exclusively from 1848 - 1854 to paint a series of large teaching watercolors to illustrate Bigelow's lectures at Harvard Medical School. Wallis painted the teaching diagrams from local subjects and from the atlases of established medical authorities. The effort cost Bigelow $6,000. In 1890 Bigelow presented the watercolors to Reginald H. Fitz to be used in the Harvard Medical School's Department of Anatomy. The watercolors were transferred into the Warren Anatomical Museum between 1890 and 1930.
