An original monotone unmounted print portrait of Dr. Bernard Siegfried Weiss; drawing is in the engraved style depicting the subject standing beside a wall in period attire including formal wig and academic gown.
An original monotone unmounted print portrait of Dr. Bernard Siegfried Weiss; drawing is in the engraved style depicting the subject standing beside a wall in period attire including formal wig and academic gown.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A.A. Travill for Queen's Faculty of Medicine
Printed on front: "Car. de Moor. Car. Fil. Pinx. t W. Holl, sc. // (signature) B. S. Albinus. // à Leide ce 5 Juillet 1726. // FISHER, SON & Co. LONDON & PARIS, 1838."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-1-5 Box 24
Dimension Notes
Length 24.3 cm x Width 19.2 cm
Condition Remarks
Faded photo and backing paper.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Document
JPG
Reference Comments
Website: Wikipedia; Document; CD #5
Research Facts
Dr. Bernard Siegfried Weiss (1697-1770) was a German anatomist and taught surgery and anatomy at Leyden from 1719 til his death; considered one of the greatest teachers of anatomy of his era. Introduced the exacting method of accurately depicting anatomical illustration by using a technique of placing nets with square webbing at specified intevals between the artist and the anatomical specimen and copying the images using the grid patterns.
In the 1950 – 60s this portrait collection was compiled by Dr. Thomas Gibson, and later by Dr. Etherington, 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. 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.