Sir John Fisher. Oil painting by John Prescott Knight, 1842.

  • Knight, John Prescott, 1803-1881.
Date:
[1842]
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45620i
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Surgeon to the Bow Street patrol in 1821, promoted to the post of surgeon-in-chief to the Metropolitan Police at the time of its formation in 1829, which position he held until his retirement in 1865

Publication/Creation

[1842]

Physical description

1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 77 x 64 cm

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References note

Algernon Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts; a complete dictionary of contributors, vol. IV, London 1906, p. 341 ("Knight, John Prescott R.A. ... 1842. 480. J. W. Fisher Esq. surgeon-in-chief of the Metropolitan Police")
Christopher Wright et al., British and Irish paintings in public collections, New Haven and London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2006, p. 491

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Wellcome Collection 45620i

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