Christ sits on the right in the company of his disciples, gesturing to a hospital in the distance; two figures are being carried towards the door on stretchers
Alternative Title:
Headpiece for the London Infirmary
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808-17, v. 2, page 303., Copy of an engraving after Hogarth from the 1740s; see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 227., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Bible.
Publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ,, London Infirmary (Whitechapel, London, England), and London Hospital (Whitechapel, London, England)
"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
Alternative Title:
London Hospital
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., and On page 104 in volume 2.
