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Care (Towne I)

Oil on canvas, burnt umber bistre (alla prima/wipe out) technique. 

This painting is part of an ongoing series reproducing anatomical specimens as portraits in their own right. It is a study of an anatomical wax model by Joseph Towne, from the collection of the Gordon Museum, King's College London.

Ol8tfky0ugnjfrufx9ew Lisa Temple-Cox

comminuted fracture of the wrist, Mutter Museum

medieval

Head (2020)

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