Sketchbook, with "Anatomy" on the spine

This material is held atTate Archive

  • Reference
    • GB 70 TGA 8224/70
  • Dates of Creation
    • [c 1941-1945]
  • Physical Description
    • 1 piece

Scope and Content

Page 1 front: Road map with arrows, page 1 back: List of names and detail of a penis, page 2 Anatomical studies and notes on bones, page 3 Surrealist composition in which two soldiers stand in a landscape composed of organs of the body, page 4 Two brain sections, page 5 Notes about nerves, page 6 Head and shoulders of a soldier, page 7 Man sitting on a bed, page 8 Study of a soldier wearing a coat seen from behind, page 9 Similar study to page 8, page 10 Soldier wearing a coat with large lapels, page 11 Man wearing a coat seated on a stool, page 12 Portrait of a man with a large pointed nose and a small chin, page 13 Study of an eye with notes, page 14 Notes about haemorrhage, page 15 Two soldiers seen from behind walking down a lane lined with huts, page 16 Notes on internal haemorrhage, page 17 Soldier seen from behind wearing a coat and a beret, page 18 Soldier seated on a low stool, page 19 Standing soldier with his hands behind his back, page 20 Notes on haemorrhage, page 21 Group of soldiers around a table taking notes and notes on haematemesis, page 22 Notes on mustard gas, page 23 Unfinished study of a seated soldier with his hands in his lap, pages 24-27 Notes on the respiratory system and the digestive system, page 28 Standing soldier holding a mug and a young woman seen in profile, page 29 Notes on the small intestine and study of the head and shoulders of a soldier, page 30 Medical examination of a soldier, page 31 Section of the head showing the bones, page 32-34 notes on gases, page 35 Soldier seen from behind, seated on a stool, page 36-37 Notes on war gases, page 38-42 Notes on burns, shock, nerves in head, fits, page 43 Two studies of a group of people waiting on a railway platform, page 44-45 Notes on artificial respiration and personal decontamination, page 46 Two soldiers seated with their hands clenched in front of them, page 47 Soldiers' huts, page 48 Seated soldier with his hands in his pockets, page 49 Soldier seated on a bench holding a bag, pages 50-51 Notes on medical symbols, page 52 Notes on the duties of a gas sentry, page 53 Notes on glands, page 54 Notes on infectious diseases, pages 55-56 Notes on personal hygiene, page 57 Soldiers relaxing around a piano, page 58 Notes on fractures, pages 59-60 Notes on bedsores, pages 61-62 Notes on splints, page 63 Injured soldier and female soldier on a street corner, page 64 Soldier in a rain cape, page 65 Café‚ by the roadside, pages 66 -68 notes on poisons, page 69 Two heads of the same man, page 70 back: Soldier with a moustache, page 71 back: Head and shoulders of a soldier, page 72 back: Portrait study of a soldier with a large nose, page 73 back: profile head of a stocky soldier, page 74 Seated soldier seen from behind, page 75 Head and shoulders of a soldier wearing glasses, page 76 Three soldiers seated in chairs arranged for a talk, page 77 back: List of names headed "Depot staff", page 78 back: List of names and addresses.