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An idealised white missionary, guided by Christ standing behind him, applies western medical knowledge to the healing of a sick African child. The missionary has a medicine chest identical in type to the Tabloid medicine chests which the firm of Burroughs Wellcome made for explorers and missionaries. In the foreground is the discarded African surgical instrument, the horn (used for cupping).
The white missionary resembles Henry Morton Stanley as portrayed in a wood engraving published in 'The Illustrated London News', 17 August 1872, p.156.
The white missionary resembles Henry Morton Stanley as portrayed in a wood engraving published in 'The Illustrated London News', 17 August 1872, p.156.
Title
A Medical Missionary Attending to a Sick African
Date
1916
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 127 x W 101.5 cm
Accession number
535948i
Acquisition method
purchased
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Harold Copping
Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Road, London, Greater London NW1 2BE England
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