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The legs are being charged up from the electricity mains at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court, a rehabilitation centre for the British Armed Forces. Headley Court in Surrey includes a country house with extensive grounds and gravel paths which were used as a training surface for people newly fitted with prosthetic legs. C-Leg is a brand of prosthetic leg made by the Ottobock company: it has a carbon fibre frame, a rechargeable battery, and sophisticated movement technology

Wellcome Collection

London

Title

Prosthetic Legs Wearing a Pair of Trainers

Date

2012

Medium

pencil & watercolour

Measurements

H 38 x W 28 cm

Accession number

2497885i

Acquisition method

purchased from the artist, 2015

Work type

Drawing

Signature/marks description

Signed "Julia Midgley"

Inscription description

Inscribed "C-legs. Headley Court 12.6.12. 2.45 p.m. "

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