Royal College of Surgeons of England: Charles Stewart, conservator of the museum, describing specimens to visitors on the college's centenary. Drawing by J.A. Duncan, 1900.

  • Duncan, James Allan, active 1888-1910
Date:
1900
Reference:
47152i
  • Pictures
  • Online

Available online

view Royal College of Surgeons of England: Charles Stewart, conservator of the museum, describing specimens to visitors on the college's centenary. Drawing by J.A. Duncan, 1900.

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

Royal College of Surgeons of England: Charles Stewart, conservator of the museum, describing specimens to visitors on the college's centenary. Drawing by J.A. Duncan, 1900. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Selected images from this work

View 1 image

About this work

Description

The skeleton of a tall man (presumably Charles Byrne "The Irish giant") is displayed next to a shorter skeleton beneath the label "Variation in stature"

Publication/Creation

[1900]

Physical description

1 drawing : pen and ink over pencil ; sheet 27.8 x 27.4 cm

Contributors

Related material

Professor Stewart describing specimens in the college museum to the delegates. The centenary of the Royal College of Surgeons: yesterday's demonstrations

Lettering

J Duncan

Time and place note

The centenary was celebrated on 25-27 July 1900 (Victor Plarr, 'The centenary of the Royal College of Surgeons of England', Nature, 1900, 62:294–296)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 47152i

Type/Technique

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

Permanent link