Lot 9

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

Portrait of Sir James Clark (1788-1870), bust-length, in a brown coat and blue silk cravat

Fermé13 September 2009

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GBP 937

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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of Sir James Clark (1788-1870), bust-length, in a brown coat and blue silk cravat
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76 x 63.5 cm.)

Note du spécialiste

Sir James Clark, first Baronet, (1788-1870) was a physician whose most notable achievement was his research into and publication of a treatise entitled The influence of climate in the prevention and cure of chronic disease of 1829.
In 1826 he was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and served on the General Medical Council between the years 1858 and 1860. He was responsible for a number of Royal commissions including advising on military hygeine in the aftermath of the Crimean War, and introduced Florence Nightingale to Queen Victoria. (R. Agnew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).