Dr William Hunter (1718–1783)

Image credit: University College London Hospitals

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This is a copy of a portrait of 1764–1765 in the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.

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Title

Dr William Hunter (1718–1783)

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 92 x W 72.4 cm

Accession number

UCLHArts_UCH_069

Acquisition method

gift

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

William Hunter 1718-1783, Physian, accoucheur to the Middlesex Hospital 1748, Sir Charles Bell presented this portrait from the Greant Windmill Street Theatre of Anatomy on the foundation of the Middlesex Hospital Medical School 1835.

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