Painting - Royal Park Mental Hospital, circa 1950

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Summary:: Used: circa 1950
Royal Park Mental Hospital
Made by a patient, Occupational Therapy Department, Royal Park.
Description:: Painting is set outside a greyish-blue brick wall of a building, with two windows and another window behind a tree with a guard. Three figures which are in different positions on a green seat have an attitude of despair and one sitting on the ground.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital (Mental Asylum)

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	29.50 cm (Height), 37.50 cm (Length)

Tagged with:	hospitals, mental health, mental health institutions, psychiatric services
Themes this item is part of:	Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection
Primary Classification:	MEDICINE & HEALTH
Secondary Classification:	Mental Health - Occupational Therapy
Tertiary Classification:	products
Inscriptions:	Text: MADE IN OCCUPATIONALTHERAPY DEPT/ROYAL PARK MENTAL HOSPITAL.
Format:	Painting: Colour
Place & Date Made:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, circa 1950
Place & Date Used:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, by 1950
References:	oral history.