Portraits of Dr. William HarveyRoyal Society of Medicine (Great Britain)
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Portraits of Dr. William Harvey
Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain)
Harvey, William, 1578-1657 -- Portraits
The leaden shell with its contents was deposited in the marble
sarcophagus provided by the Royal College of Physicians of London on St.
Luke’s Day 1883.
The photograph from which the collotype was made was kindly sent by Mr.
Willoughby Arthur Blackstone, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P.
[Illustration: XX]
ENGRAVED PORTRAITS
_The British Museum Catalogue of Engraved Portraits_, by Freeman
O’Donoghue, F.S.A. (Lond. 1910, vol. ii, p. 459), gives a list of the
Engraved Portraits of William Harvey, which has been enlarged by Mr.
Sidney H. Badcock, who has made a special study of the Harvey
Engravings.
1. H.L. to R. in gown; oval frame with ornaments. Plate to Birch’s
heads. Pub. Knapton, 1739, from the picture ‘in the collection of
Dr. Mead’.
Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, J. Houbraken.
Line, 14⅛ x 8¾ in.
One proof with artist’s name only; two lettered impressions. In the
first edition the portrait has a very narrow margin. A few copies
were published in parts with a wider margin. The plate was also
published as a proof before letters, a proof with letters and a
wide margin, and it was issued in both states on India paper. It
was re-cut for the fourth edition of Birch published in 1813 with a
margin of 2-2½ inches.
2. A copy of the last with the ornaments; reversed and a square
frame added to enclose the whole picture. Pub. G. Kearsly, 1777.
From the _Copper-plate Magazine_.
Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, T. Cook.
Line, 5⅞ x 4⅜ in.
3. Another copy with the ornaments; reversed. Plate to _Universal
Magazine_. Pub. J. Hinton.
Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, Anon.
Line, 6¼ x 4 in.
4. Another copy to L., nearly full face; in Doctor’s gown and
collar with the strings tied: in an oval frame resting on a
pedestal lettered ‘William Harvey M.D.’
Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, T. Cook.
Line, 5½ x 3⅝ in.
5. Another copy, bust only to R.; oval, at head of an account of
him. Plate to _Biographical Magazine_. Pub. Harrison & Co., 1795.
Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, P. Audinet.
Line, 1⅞ x 1½ in.
6. Another copy, bust only to L.; without background; four Latin
lines below.
Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, Anon.
Line.
7. Nearly W.L. to R. seated, in gown, hat in r. hand. From the
picture at the College of Physicians of London. Frontispiece to his
_Opera Omnia_, 1766. Corn. Jonson, pinxt.
Painter, C. Janssen. Engraver, J. Hall.
Line, 7⅝ x 6⅜ in.
8. Similar to the last but reversed.
Painter, C. Janssen. Engraver, Anon.
Line, 9¾ x 7 in.
9. Similar to the last; H.L. only to L.; oval frame. Unfinished
plate as left at McArdell’s death.
Painter, C. Janssen. Engraver, J. McArdell.
Mezz., 11 x 9 in.
10. Similar to the last; H.L. to L. Collar, with tassels tied, and
doctor’s gown. Pub. Laurie and Whittle, 1794. Van Dyck, pinxt.
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