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Wilson Fox (1831–1887)

Photo credit: Royal College of Physicians, London

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Wilson Fox (1831–1887) is best known for his research on the lungs, and his discovery that tuberculosis was different from ordinary lung inflammation. He trained as a doctor at schools in Edinburgh, Paris, Vienna and Berlin, and worked for a while as physician to the Royal Staffordshire Infirmary. He eventually settled in London, and became professor of pathological anatomy at University College, and physician to University College Hospital. Fox had a consulting practice, and he also taught and carried out his own research. This portrait was painted in 1889, two years after Fox’s death. It is a copy of another portrait painted in the same year by Val Prinsep, a British painter of the Pre-Raphaelite school, which is also owned by the Royal College of Physicians.

Royal College of Physicians, London

London

Title

Wilson Fox (1831–1887)

Date

1889

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 127 x W 101.6 cm

Accession number

X215

Acquisition method

gift from subscribers to the Wilson Fox Memorial, 1889

Work type

Painting

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