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Illustration in watercolour by Hortense Douglas, 1924

Medical illustration done in watercolour in red and orange tones depicting a uterine condition. Illustration is labelled at bottom centre and signed and dated on the right below the illustration.

Box 3, Folder 7, Hortense Douglas Cantlie Fonds, MG 4099, McGill University Archives, Montreal. Reproduced by permission of the McGill University Archives.

This illustration in watercolour was done before Hortense Douglas completed her formal training at Johns Hopkins. It offers a unique opportunity to compare and contrast her medical illustration before and after she would have learned the formal techniques of this field, such as carbon dust drawing.