Orphan Girls Entering the Refectory of a Hospital

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One painting in a set of four allegorical paintings on the theme of the 'Acts of mercy' commissioned from F. Cayley Robinson for the Middlesex Hospital in 1912. The hospital was demolished in 2008 and the paintings were acquired from the health authority in 2009.

Wellcome Collection

London

Title

Orphan Girls Entering the Refectory of a Hospital

Date

1915

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 198 x W 338 cm

Accession number

672831i

Acquisition method

presented by the Wellcome Trust

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Cayley Robinson 1915

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