[Headpiece for the London Infirmary] [graphic] / T. Ramsey sculpt. Lombard Street.
- Creator:
- Ramsey, Thomas, (Engraver), printmaker.
- Edition:
- [State 3].
- Published/Created:
- [London] :
[publisher not identified],
[after 1757] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.3 x 24.73 cm, on sheet 38.21 x 27.67 cm
- Notes:
- Title, state, and date from Paulson.
Title from first lines of text: The London Hospital for charitably relieving sick & wounded manufacturers and seamen in Merchants Service their wives & children ...
Caption title in image: In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my Brethern, ye have done it unto me. St. Matt. XXV. v: 40.
State with the arms of Charles Duke of Richmond Lenox & Aubigny removed from top and image of modern hospital replacing image of older building.
The certificate, with spaces left blank to be filled in. - Abstract:
- "A certificate of attendance for the practice of surgery as a pupil at the London Hospital, and for attendance on courses on anatomy and attendance to the institutes and operations of surgery; the headpiece, after Hogarth, shows Christ seated at left in the company of his disciples, gesturing to a hospital in the distance, two figures being carried towards the door on stretchers."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- London Hospital
- Topics:
- Biblical events.
Coats of arms.
Hospitals. - Topics:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
London Hospital (Whitechapel, London, England)
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Annotations (Provenance)--18th century.--CtY-LW
Blank forms.
Certificates.
Engravings--England--London--1741.
Etchings--England--London--1741. - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 75
H67
800 v.2
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) - Orbis Record:
- 12785852
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr26166b
- Citation:
- Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 227
- OID:
- 16194014
- PID:
- digcoll:4048528
