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Call the Midwife: Topical Episode
Nice to have a chance to catch up on last week’s Call the Midwife (available on BBC iPlayer for the next month), which features a character with significant facial scarring. Some spoilers ahead. One of the major plot lines focuses on … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary, Modern, Representation, Uncategorized
Tagged BBC, Call the Midwife, Emily Cock, face, Leprosy, scarring, smallpox, television
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Lady Mary May’s Statue: Update
Readers may remember our excursion to St Nicholas’ Church, Mid Lavant (West Sussex), to see the funerary statue of Lady Mary May, which features smallpox scars carved on her face. You might then be interested to read the article on the … Continue reading
Effaced Fieldtrip: Lady Mary May’s Statue in West Sussex
At the recent Death, Art and Anatomy conference, a paper given by Jude Jones from the University of Southampton introduced us to the unique funerary statue of Lady Mary May (1640–1681). Lady May’s statue is of particular interest to us … Continue reading
Posted in Early Modern, Representation, Resources
Tagged death, disease, Emily Cock, John Bushnell, Lady Mary May, smallpox, statue, Sussex
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Effaced From History? 