Reproduction
Object numberRCSHM/Z 176
CollectionCollege Museum
CategoryModels and casts, Visual works
Object nameReconstructive Surgical Procedures, life masks
DescriptionPlaster cast of the face of Private W Kearsey, one of a series of masks showing patients treated by Harold Gillies and colleagues at Queen’s Hospital, Sidcup, during and after the First World War. The casts record patients’ facial injuries and the reconstructive surgical treatment they received. This cast is a modern copy - the original is in the collections of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Private Kearsey served with the 33rd Battalion, First Australian Imperial Force. He was wounded in France in October 1917 and was transferred to the hospital in November the same year. After undergoing treatment he was discharged and returned to Australia in May 1919.
Production date 1917 - 1925
Edwards, John, -, lieutenant, Sidcup
Patient/subject
Associated institution
transferred
Related objectsRCSSC/P 569.36
Physical Location
LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions
Physical Information
Dimensions
whole depth: 270 mm
whole width: 170 mm
whole height: 120 mm
whole width: 170 mm
whole height: 120 mm
