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Portrait No. 27

Artist: Lam Qua (1801-1860)

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

Description: Woman with serene face seated on bed with cushion, facing viewer's right - full length. Tumor of the right breast, eating through other body parts.

*Descriptive notes provided by Karina Corrigan, Jack Lee, and Dr. William Strole.

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