Portrait of Frederick William Pavy
Date
1908
Sitter
Frederick William Pavy (1829 - 1911, British) , Physician
Creator
Thomas Robert Way (1861, British) , Printmaker
After
William Strang (1859 - 1921, British) , Painter
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 315mm
width (print): 241mm
width (print): 241mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Frederick William Pavy in half-profile, facing right as viewed. The sitter is clean shaven but with sideburns. He wears a black bow tie and white shirt. The artist has left the sitter’s coat lightly sketched in.
Signed in pencil below left: ‘’T.R. Way’ above a printed inscription ‘T.WAY IMPT. LONDON’. Inscribed below centre with a facsimile signature ‘F.W. Pavy’ and below right ‘W.STRANG 1908’.
Signed in pencil below left: ‘’T.R. Way’ above a printed inscription ‘T.WAY IMPT. LONDON’. Inscribed below centre with a facsimile signature ‘F.W. Pavy’ and below right ‘W.STRANG 1908’.
Transcription
T.WAY IMPT. LONDON
F.W. Pavy
W.STRANG 1908
T.R. Way
F.W. Pavy
W.STRANG 1908
T.R. Way
Object history
The original of this image and its reproduction is noted in the obituary In memoriam. Frederick William Pavy M.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.S. Reprinted from Guy’s Hospital Reports, by Frederick Taylor (London, Ash and Company, Printers, 1913), p.23.
The author stated that: ‘Lastly, may be mentioned the drawing in crayon by Mr. W. Strang, A.R.A., which was made in 1908, and is in the possession of the Royal Society of Medicine. Many of his old friends and admirers have facsimile copies of this excellent work, and a smaller copy of it illustrated the obituary notice of him in the British Medical Journal. One notices the less upright carriage of the head, the deeper lines of the face, and the somewhat strained appearance of the features which are common in those of advanced years. Dr. Pavy was then about 79 years of old, and the shortening of stature and bowing of the figure, so characteristic of the end of the eighth decade, had been noticeable in him for some time.’
The author stated that: ‘Lastly, may be mentioned the drawing in crayon by Mr. W. Strang, A.R.A., which was made in 1908, and is in the possession of the Royal Society of Medicine. Many of his old friends and admirers have facsimile copies of this excellent work, and a smaller copy of it illustrated the obituary notice of him in the British Medical Journal. One notices the less upright carriage of the head, the deeper lines of the face, and the somewhat strained appearance of the features which are common in those of advanced years. Dr. Pavy was then about 79 years of old, and the shortening of stature and bowing of the figure, so characteristic of the end of the eighth decade, had been noticeable in him for some time.’
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