University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival Items
Classification
Archival, Images
Accession Number
L177
Description
Print of a painting by Hans Holbein: depicted is a seated Henry VIII handing a charter to the Company of Surgeons of London, who kneel on either side of him, in 1541; a key to the numbers/names of each surgeon is printed along the bottom of the print.
Print of a painting by Hans Holbein: depicted is a seated Henry VIII handing a charter to the Company of Surgeons of London, who kneel on either side of him, in 1541; a key to the numbers/names of each surgeon is printed along the bottom of the print.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Sir Edmund Osler (The Sir William Osler Collection).
Sheet cut inside the plate mark; once folded down the centre; needs surface cleaning; on reverse, repairs have been made with tape at some unknown point in time.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
File
Other
Reference Comments
Prev. #AMP41
Research Facts
The print is after a painting by Hans Holbein; accepted by the Academy of Medicine in 1911.