Paintings by Dr John Ritchie

Item

Title

Paintings by Dr John Ritchie

Identifier

8936.cpd

Creator

Abstract

The paintings are from a collection painted by the grandfather of Sister Frances Dominica, the founder of Helen & Douglas House,the hospice for children and young adults in Oxford. Dr John Ritchie was not a painter by profession but the Medical Officer for Health in Dumfriesshire. He painted people and scenes during his war years.

Date

1914 - 1918

Date Created

1914-08-01

Temporal Coverage

1918-11-11

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Type

Painting

number of pages

4

Contributor

Everett Sharp
Lin Beekar
Sister Frances Dominica

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford