[Headpiece for the London Infirmary] [graphic] / T. Ramsey sculpt. Lombard Street.
- Creator:
- Ramsey, Thomas, (Engraver), printmaker.
- Edition:
- [State 2].
- Published/Created:
- [London] :
[publisher not identified],
[between 1741 and 1750] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.3 x 24.3 cm, on sheet 38.1 x 27.7 cm
- Notes:
- Title and state from Paulson.
Title from first lines of text: The London Infirmary for charitably relieving sick & diseas'd 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.
The date can be narrowed down from the dedication to 'Charles Duke of Richmond Lenox & Aubigny President.': he became President of the London Hospital in November 1741 and died in 1750.
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 Infirmary, 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; at top centre, the arms of Charles, Duke of Richmond."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- London Infirmary
- Topics:
- Biblical events.
Coats of arms.
Hospitals. - Topics:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
London Infirmary (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:
- 12785604
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr26166a
- Citation:
- Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 227
- OID:
- 16194013
- PID:
- digcoll:4048679
