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Pictures of a surgeon making an incision in a patient's head in order to extract 'stones' (implying madness in the individual) do not represent an actual operation but are allegorical scenes referring to the subtraction of 'folly', or madness, from the body.
Title
A Surgeon in His Workroom Extracting Stones from a Man's Head; Symbolising the Expulsion of 'Folly' (Insanity)
Date
1806
Medium
gouache on ivory (?)
Measurements
H 14 x W 10.8 cm
Accession number
21129i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Miniature
Signature/marks description
Signed and dated: Einsle pinx 1806.
Wellcome Collection
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