Commemorative hand-painted porcelain plate depicts a scene of Dr. Norman Bethune in China; Dr. Bethune is drawn wearing a blue shirt and pants and a white apron, shaking the hand of a soldier on a horse; there are 15 other people drawn onto the plate; on the bottom proper right there are eight Chin…
Commemorative hand-painted porcelain plate depicts a scene of Dr. Norman Bethune in China; Dr. Bethune is drawn wearing a blue shirt and pants and a white apron, shaking the hand of a soldier on a horse; there are 15 other people drawn onto the plate; on the bottom proper right there are eight Chinese characters, three in the top row, four in the second row and one in the third row; on the back of the plate there are two raised circles, a smaller one near the centre of the plate with a red square with Chinese characters inside and a larger one near the edge of the plate; there are three holes spaced evenly around the larger circle.
Printed on the proper right of the sticker on the back of the plate: "ARC // GIFT // 181"; printed on the proper left of the sticker on the back of the plate: Lapointe, Renaude, Senator // Plate, depicting a scene // of Dr. Norman Bethune in // China"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D2-6
Dimension Notes
Depth 3.5 cm x Diam. 30.5 cm
Condition Remarks
There are small scratches in the paint on the front of the plate and black scuff marks on the back side
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
JPG
Reference Comments
"Library and Archives Canada" website; "Renaude Lapointe Wikipedia article" website; "Canadian Nurses Association" website; CD #4
Research Facts
Dr. Norman Bethune was born in 1890 in Gravenhurst, Ontario and followed in his grandfather's footsteps and became a surgeon; Dr. Bethune is most famous for his pioneering work in blood transfusions during the Spanish Civil War; Dr. Bethune returned to Canada and then set off for China in 1938 where he operated as a skilled surgeon and teacher; Dr. Bethune operated on the front lines once again during an invasion by the Japanese in 1939 and it was here that he cut his finger while working on a patient, contracted septecemia and died November 12, 1939; Dr. Bethune is commemorated as a hero for his work abraod and in Canada; Renaude Lapointe was a Canadian journalist, Senator and Speaker of the Senate from 1974 - 1979; the Canadian Nurse's Association was founded in 1908 as an association of professional nurses