Title:
The St John Ophthalmic Hospital, Jerusalem
Object name(s):
Paintings
Brief description:
Painting shows the hospital building from the bottom of the hill, with rich oranges and greens and blues depicting the hill the hospital is sat on and the sky. The frame is black, convex, with gold ripple moulded edging, incised foliage decoration at corners.
Collection:
Museum of the Order of St John
Associated place:
Palestine
Credit line:
Gift of Lady Strathearn, 1951
Dimension:
Height x width x depth: 908 x 997 x 51mm
Material:
Oil on canvas
Object history note:
Commissioned by Sir John Strathearn CB, KStJ while Warden of the St John Eye Hopsital, Jerusalem.
Object name:
Paintings
Object number:
1806
Object production date:
1927
Object production person:
David Bomberg (1890 - 1957)
Object production place:
Jerusalem
Physical description:
Painting shows the hospital building from the bottom of the hill, with rich oranges and greens and blues depicting the hill the hospital is sat on and the sky. The frame is black, convex, with gold ripple moulded edging, incised foliage decoration at corners.
Text reason:
Collections online record

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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d1797b5e-c62a-32b6-b6eb-a9f212306a56, Museum of the Order of St John, CC BY-NC

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