Amputation: A Dramatic Act

Dawn Kemp investigates a recovered eighteenth-century surgical painting and what it reveals about medicine, art and social connections.

The museum director presents evidence about the people and circumstances shown in a painting of a leg amputation. The discussion considers surgery before anaesthesia and the links between medical practitioners, artists, theatre and the nobility. Ticket holders may visit the museum from 17:30 to 18:45 before the 19:00 talk.