painting, Al Qaysumah
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19960062-007
- Event 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Zuber, Mr. Edward Fenwick - Zuber Gallery
- Date Made --
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Medium acrylic
- Support canvas
- Materials Not applicable
- Branch Medical Branch
- Service Component Canadian Forces
- Unit 1 Canadian Field Hospital
- Measurements Height 61.0 cm, Width 81.0 cm
- Related activity Surgeon
- Caption 0500 Al Qaysumah
- Additional Information Ted Zuber was Canada's official war artist during the war in the Persian Gulf (1990-1991). In this painting, Zuber depicts an operation at the 1st Canadian Field Hospital based at Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia. British forces brought in this patient, an Iraqi soldier with severe wounds to his head and right arm. Canadian surgeons operated for nine hours to save his life.