For painters, hospital medicine was spectacle, and its doctors actors on a stage. As time progressed, artists and doctors looked more closely at the patient.
Tonks
There’s a lot more to this painting than first meets the eye: a bit of Brueghel, some Leighton, and even some Signorelli.
Uniquely, he worked as a surgeon before becoming a full-time painter. He eventually became Slade Professor too.
