An original monotone mounted (a) print portrait of Matthew Baillie; paper print is attached to paper (b) matboard; the outline style drawing is in the engraved style depicts the seated subject in a upholstered chair in period attire; only the head portion of the drawing have fine details rather tha…
An original monotone mounted (a) print portrait of Matthew Baillie; paper print is attached to paper (b) matboard; the outline style drawing is in the engraved style depicts the seated subject in a upholstered chair in period attire; only the head portion of the drawing have fine details rather than sketching.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - Size: Length 25.1 cm x Width 17.2 cm
b - Size: Length 30.9 cm x Width 22.9 cm
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for Queen's Faculty of Medicine.
Printed on front: "Hoppner R. A. pinxt Thomson Jc // M. Baillie (handwritten signature style) // Published by Sherwood and Jones, Paternoster Row, for the Proprietors of the European Magazine, Mar. 1. 1894"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-1-5 Box 24
Condition Remarks
Faded photo and backing paper
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Website: Wikipedia
Research Facts
Matthew Baillie (1766 - 1823) was a Scottish physician and pathologist. Studied anatomy under his uncle, John Hunter. His book: "The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body" (1793) is considerd the first systematic study of pathology, and the first publication in English on pthology as a separate subject. He is credited with first identifying transpostion of the reat vessels (TGV) and "situs inversus".
In the 1950 – 60s this portrait collection was compiled by Dr. Thomas Gibson from old publications to create a historical medical gallery of pioneers of modern medical sciences for teaching medical students at Queen’s University, Kingston. Many of these prints do not indicate the date of the publication or source, so those prints that are not dated were attributed to the time period of the compilation, even though the paper appears older than this time frame. Original prints are heavily glued to thick paper backing. Prints were framed at Kirkpatrick’s Art & Flower Store in Kingston, Ontario, as noted on the blue paper labels on the reverse.