Ultraviolet Light Treatment, South London Hospital for Women and Children
About this artwork
This photograph was taken for a booklet promoting the work of the South London Hospital for Women and Children, produced in collaboration with the German exile photographer, Grete Stern. It shows light treatment for children suffering from vitamin deficiencies, a standard cure at the time. The South London Hospital was founded in 1912 “to meet the growing demand of women for medical treatment by members of their own sex”. Tudor-Hart campaigned throughout her life for health reforms for women and children, part of a wider movement of women whose activity was vital to the formation of the National Health Service in 1948.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Edith Tudor-Hart (1908 - 1973) Austrian
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title:Ultraviolet Light Treatment, South London Hospital for Women and Children
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date created:Photographed about 1935
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printed by:Owen Logan (born 1963) Scottish
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:30.30 x 30.00 cm
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credit line:Printed 2004 from original negatives held in the Edith Tudor Hart Archive
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accession number:PGP 279.67B
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Edith Tudor-Hart
Edith Tudor-Hart
Edith Tudor-Hart, née Suschitzky, was one of the most significant documentary photographers working in Britain in the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Vienna, she grew up in radical Jewish circles. Edith married Alex Tudor-Hart, a British doctor, and the pair moved to England. There she worked as a...