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Innes Smith Medical Portrait Collection a Descriptive Catalogue The Innes Smith Medical Portrait Collection A Descriptive Catalogue by Lawrence Aspden Department of Special Collections and Archives The University of Sheffield Library January 2002 The Innes Smith Medical Portrait Collection in the University of Sheffield Library This notable Collection comprises 312 images. Almost all are portraits (of men - sitters are in fact exclusively male, which, given the historical nature of the subject matter is not too surprising) in medical or associated fields, together with, in a few cases, either representations of medical institutions or of artistic works on medical subjects. Details of the origin of the Collection are given on the foregoing collection level description, but it should perhaps be mentioned here that the original Collection was rather larger than it is at present, some of it being disposed of by Dr. Innes Smith privately before the present body of work was acquired by the University of Sheffield Library. Nonetheless it is thought likely that the Collection is the most complete of its kind in Britain after the much larger collection of portraits in the Wellcome Institute of Medical History, though it is noteworthy that around half the images are either not recorded, or appear to differ significantly from, those listed in Renate Burgess’s important work Portraits of doctors and scientists in the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine: a catalogue (1973). Where examples are recorded by Burgess a considerable debt must be acknowledged for the accompanying biographical and other information; otherwise, additional information has been supplied from other available sources. Portraits not listed by Burgess, or which appear to vary from those recorded; are described respectively as ‘not in Burgess’ or ‘cf. Burgess’ in the relevant records. In Dr Innes Smith’s original brief typescript catalogue of his Collection portraits were not numbered but arranged in various categories by image type. The ‘Innes Smith numbers’ noted in the present records were therefore supplied later by SUL to aid identification within the original list. This new catalogue is based on an alphabetical arrangement of the portraits by sitter, institution or art work, and the new ‘Reference numbers’ reflect that order, whilst a second number in parentheses indicates the Solander box in which each is stored. The opportunity has been taken to include more descriptive information about the portraits than Burgess routinely provides, on the grounds that it might prove useful to historians in various fields, though, as with Burgess, academic qualifications are restricted to those relating to medicine and science. No attempt has been made to estimate the age of sitters, but some indication of age may be gleaned from a sitter’s hair condition, which is noted in many cases, and which offers some guidance especially where a portrait is undated. As far as biographical information is concerned this catalogue is not intended to be any sort of definitive account of sitters, but merely includes such information as has been reasonably readily available. Note that dimensions given are normally for the actual portrait within the published document, excluding surrounding material. However, in some cases where this is impractical, such as for vignettes, the page dimension may be given instead; or for small oval portraits within a larger image the dimension for the whole page may be given in addition to the portrait size. A few anomalies remain. Four portraits not forming part of the original Innes Smith Collection (i.e. obtained from other sources) have been added latterly by SUL, such cases being identified in the note field (nos. 65, 141, 149, 153). And it has proved impossible so far to identify one of the portraits within the original Innes Smith listing, either because Innes Smith had not recorded it at the time of the disposal of his Collection or possibly due to information being lost when the collection was repaired and conserved some years ago: this example appears at the end of the new list under the heading [Unidentified] (no. 312). It appears that a few portraits were collected in error, as they appear to have no connection with medicine or allied sciences other than a similarity of name with medical men of their time, though no obvious reason has come to light for the presence of the fine portrait of Edmund Denison, a barrister associated with the Great Northern Railway (no. 85). Such oddities have been included below on the grounds that they do after all form part of Innes Smith’s original Collection. Abbreviations used, other than conventional medical and scientific ones, are: anon. anonymous fl. floreat (lived) H&S head and shoulders HL half length l. left side n/a not applicable n.d. no date of publication given n.publ. no publisher given pl. plate r. right side TQL three-quarter length WL whole length Lawrence Aspden Curator of Special Collections and Library Archives January 2002 Subject / Title: Abel, Clarke (1760-1826), M.D., F.R.S. Further details: Physician and botanist Ref. no: 1 (5) Description: nearly HL, to l. Other features: vignette; full head of hair; wide margins Image type: lithograph Size: 27.8 x 22.9 cm. Engraver / lithogr.: drawn on stone by M. Gauci; printed by Engelmann, G.C., & Co. Original artist: after a painting by P.W. Wilkin Publisher: n.publ Date: n.d. Signature: Notes: ‘Died at Cawnpore, 24th November 1826 Aged 37’ Innes Smith no: 11.1 Burgess no: 1.1 Subject / Title: Abernethy, John (1764-1831), F.R.S. Further details: Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Ref. no: 2 (1) Description: nearly WL, to r., standing Other features: r. hand with index finger pointing on document beside ink-stand on table, curtain behind, base of column visible; name and inscription engraved below portrait Image type: line engraving Size: 42 x 33.8 cm. (slight loss at edges due to mounting) Engraver / lithogr.: William Bromley Original artist: after a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence (in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital) Publisher: W. Bromley, London Date: 4 June, 1827 Signature: Notes: ‘The engraving for the subscribers only’ mounted on board Innes Smith no: 1.1 Burgess no: 3.1 Subject / Title: Abernethy, John (1764-1831), F.R.S Further details: Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Ref. no: 3 (4) Description: TQL, to r., standing Other features: full head of grey hair, by covered table, r. hand on document beside ink stand, shows index finger; curtain behind, partly obscuring view through window of column and clouds; name engraved below portrait, wide margins Image type: mezzotint Size: 21 x 16.4 cm. Engraver / lithogr.: Edward McInnis Original artist: after a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence Publisher: Graves & Warmsley, London Date: 1 January, 1842 Signature: Notes: mounted on board Innes Smith no: 1.2 Burgess no: 3.3 Subject / Title: Abernethy, John (1764-1831), F.R.S. Further details: Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Ref. no: 4 (3) Description: TQL, slightly to l., facing front, seated Other features: r. hand at breast inside jacket, l. hand resting on chair arm, column behind to l.; name engraved below portrait Image type: mezzotint Size: 35.8 x 28 cm. Engraver / lithogr.: C. Turner Original artist: after a painting by C.W. Pegler (in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital) Publisher: Mr. Turner, London Date: 17 November, 1828 Signature: Notes: location of painting from Burgess mounted on board Innes Smith no: 1.3 Burgess no: 3.7 Subject / Title: Abernethy, John (1764-1831), F.R.S Further details: Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Ref. no: 5 (5) Description: TQL, to r., standing Other features: long white hair, hands in trousers pockets;, skull and specimen jar on covered table to r.; name engraved below portrait, wide margins Image type: stipple Size: 21.1 x 17.4 cm. Engraver / lithogr.: Cooper Original artist: after a drawing by Penny Publisher: J. Bulcock, London Date: November, 1825 Signature: Notes: Innes Smith no: 11.2 Burgess no: 3.17 Subject / Title: Addison, Thomas (1793-1860), M.D. (Edin.) Further details: Physician at Guy’s Hospital, London; Discoverer of ‘Addison’s disease’ Ref. no: 6 (7) Description: HL, to l. Other features: oval portrait; receding greying hair, grey sideburns Image type: photograph Size: 11.1 x 8.5 cm. Engraver / lithogr.: n/a Original artist: anon. Publisher: n/a Date: n.d. Signature: Notes: pencil note on mount: ‘Gr. Addison Guy’s Hosp.’ an addendum sheet has note: ‘Photograph of Thomas Addison M.D. The property of Dr. R.W. Innes Smith, 46 Totley Brook Road, Sheffield’ mounted on board Innes Smith no: 26.1 Burgess no: not in Burgess Subject / Title: Aldini, Giovanni (1762-1834) Further details: Professor of experimental physics at Bologna Ref. no: 7 (8) Description: H&S, to r. Other features: oval portrait in plain frame; full head of hair; name and biographical details engraved below portrait; wide margins Image type: stipple Size: 11.8 x 9.1 cm. (portrait); 28 x 20.5 cm. (page) Engraver / lithogr.: Schiavonetti Original artist: after a drawing by Violet Publisher: Schiavonetti, London Date: 15 April, 1803 Signature: Notes: Innes Smith no: 20.1 Burgess no: 42.1 Subject / Title: Aldis, Sir Charles (1775-1863), R.C.S. Further details: Surgeon; Founder of Glandular Institute for the Cure of Cancer Ref. no: 8 (6) Description: H&S, to r. Other features: vignette; grey hair with queue; signature below portrait Image type: stipple Size: 21.3 x 13.2 cm. (page) Engraver / lithogr.: T. Wageman Original artist: after his own painting Publisher: J. Asperne, London, for the European Magazine Date: 1 December, 1817 Signature: ‘Charles Aldis, of the Royal College of Surgeons’ (printed) Notes: mounted on stiff paper Innes Smith no: 20.2 Burgess no: 43.1 Alison, Dr.
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