Portrait of Charles Bell
Date
ca. 1838
Sitter
Charles Bell (1774 - 1842, British) , Anatomist
Creator
[?] Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (1791 - 1865, British) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 227mm
width (print): 152mm
width (print): 152mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Charles Bell inclined to the left as viewed and looking out to viewer. He wears regency-style coat with high collared shirt and cravat. He wears the insignia of the Knight of Hanover.
Inscribed in pencil ‘Sir C Bell. 1826’.
Sir Charles Bell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826, he was awarded the Royal Medal in 1829 for his discoveries relating to the Nervous System.
Inscribed in pencil ‘Sir C Bell. 1826’.
Sir Charles Bell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826, he was awarded the Royal Medal in 1829 for his discoveries relating to the Nervous System.
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