John Nevins, suffering from "herpes", skin disease on the back, possibly shingles. Watercolour, 1834.

Presumably a relative of Pim Nevins (1756-1833), who is recorded in Pigot's Directory of 1834 as a member of the gentry resident in Hunslet Lane, Leeds. Nevins was a woollen cloth manufacturer, finisher, and merchant whose operations were located at Larchfield Mill, near Huddersfield

Symptoms of Herpes zoster (shingles)?

June 10, 1834.

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 21 x 30 cm

Mr J.N...... Herpes, June 1834. Care June 10, 1834. Herpes. Mr Jno. Nevins Hunslet Lane June 1834

With: an attached leaf inscribed

Part of a collection of paintings depicting gentlefolk of Leeds with grievous illnesses

Wellcome Collection 603112i