University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival Items
Classification
Archival, Images
Accession Number
002050118
Description
Original hand drawn pen and ink caricature drawing of Canadian medical scientist, physician, painter, and Nobel laureate Dr. Frederick Grant Banting on cream paper; signed by Banting and the artist in ink and additional signature in pencil.
Original hand drawn pen and ink caricature drawing of Canadian medical scientist, physician, painter, and Nobel laureate Dr. Frederick Grant Banting on cream paper; signed by Banting and the artist in ink and additional signature in pencil.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. Burns Plewes.
Maker
J. W. Mclaren
Dates
1930
1940
circa 1930-1940
Date Remarks
Prior to death in 1941
Material
paper: tan
ink: black
lead: grey
Inscriptions
"Dr. F. G. Banting // F. G. Banting // J. W. Mclaren"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-5 Box 23
Length
27.7 cm
Width
21.5 cm
Condition Remarks
Previously framed as small border in orignal paper colour exposed paper yellowed
Copy Type
Original
Reference Comments
Document
Research Facts
Sir Frederick Grant Banting KBE MC FRS FRSC (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian medical scientist, physician, painter, and Nobel laureate noted as the co-discoverer of insulin and its therapeutic potential.
In 1923 Banting and John James Rickard Macleod received the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Banting shared the award money with his colleague, Dr. Charles Best. As of November 2016, Banting, who received the Nobel Prize at age 32, remains the youngest Nobel laureate in the area of Physiology/Medicine. In 1923 the Government of Canada granted Banting a lifetime annuity to continue his work. In 1934 he was knighted by King George V.
Mclaren was a naturalist, author, poet and an original member of the cast of "Dumbells" a troop of soldiers in WWI who continued as entertainers in civilian life later.