The Doctor (painting depicting a physician watching over a sick child)

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The Doctor is an 1891 oil painting by Samuel Luke Fildes that poignantly portrays a Victorian physician keeping vigil at the bedside of a gravely ill child, symbolizing compassion and dedication in medical practice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artist Samuel Luke Fildes ⓘ
collection Tate collection ⓘ
colorPalette muted tones with warm lamplight ⓘ
copyrightStatus public domain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Samuel Luke Fildes ⓘ
depicts Victorian interior ⓘ
nighttime vigil ⓘ
physician ⓘ
sick child ⓘ
worried parents ⓘ
depictsEmotion anxiety ⓘ
hope ⓘ
parental grief ⓘ
professional concern ⓘ
depictsTimeOfDay night ⓘ
describedAs poignant portrayal of a Victorian physician keeping vigil at a sick child’s bedside ⓘ
genre genre painting ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext late Victorian medicine ⓘ
rise of the general practitioner’s social status ⓘ
hasPart child lying on improvised bed ⓘ
makeshift bedside table ⓘ
medicine bottles ⓘ
oil lamp ⓘ
parents in background ⓘ
seated doctor ⓘ
window with dawn light ⓘ
inception 1891 ⓘ
influencedBy Victorian social concerns about poverty and health ⓘ
languageOfWork none ⓘ
location Tate Britain ⓘ
mainSubject doctor watching over a sick child ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Victorian art ⓘ
notableFor idealized image of the family doctor ⓘ
symbolic representation of medical professionalism ⓘ
publisher Tate ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ
theme compassion in medicine ⓘ
doctor–patient relationship ⓘ
medical ethics ⓘ
professional dedication ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
title The Doctor ⓘ
yearCompleted 1891 ⓘ

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