[Headpiece for the London Infirmary] [graphic]
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16194014
Description
- Title
- [Headpiece for the London Infirmary] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- London Hospital
- Creator
- Ramsey, Thomas, (Engraver), printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [after 1757]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"A certificate of attendance for the practice of surgery as a pupil at the London Hospital, and for attendance on courses on anatomy and attendance to the institutes and operations of surgery; the headpiece, after Hogarth, shows Christ seated at left in the company of his disciples, gesturing to a hospital in the distance, two figures being carried towards the door on stretchers."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title, state, and date from Paulson.
Title from first lines of text: The London Hospital for charitably relieving sick & wounded manufacturers and seamen in Merchants Service their wives & children ...
Caption title in image: In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my Brethern, ye have done it unto me. St. Matt. XXV. v: 40.
State with the arms of Charles Duke of Richmond Lenox & Aubigny removed from top and image of modern hospital replacing image of older building.
The certificate, with spaces left blank to be filled in.
On page 104 in volume 2. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 24.73 cm, on sheet 38.21 x 27.67 cm
- Edition
- [State 3].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Blank forms
Certificates
Engravings England London 1741
Etchings England London 1741 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- London Hospital (Whitechapel, London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
-
Biblical events
Coats of arms
Hospitals - Subjects
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London Hospital (Whitechapel, London, England)
Biblical events
Coats of arms
Hospitals
18th century
England > London > 1741
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12785852
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194014
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