A man designated as Sir William Butts, physician. Oil painting, ca. 1900 (?).

Date:
[1900?]
Reference:
576901i
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Description

Identity of subject from trompe l'oeil inscription on ledge in foreground. On Sir William Butts see W. Munk, The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, I, London 1878, pp. 29-30

Publication/Creation

[1900?]

Physical description

1 painting : oil on wood ; wood 33.5 x 25.5 cm

Lettering

William Butts M.D. Anno Dom. 1542 Bears motto in banderolle above: "Fax mentis incendium gloriae" (the torch of the mind [kindles] the fire of glory)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 576901i

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