Portrait of John Haighton
Date
1819
Sitter
John Haighton (1750 - 1823, British) , Physiologist
Creator
Cosmo Armstrong (British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
B & G Ridge & Co, Publisher
After
François Simonau (1783 - 1859, Belgian) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 209mm
width (print): 139mm
width (print): 139mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of John Haighton seated in three-quarter profile to the right, his hands are clasped in front and resting on a table. In an interior setting with an obstetric specimen [?] in the background to the right and draped curtain to the left.
Inscribed ‘Drawn by Francis Simonau. Engraved by C. Armstrong. JOHN HAIGHTON, M.D. & F.R.S. Lecturer on Midwifery & Physiology at Guys Hospital, 1819. Proof. Published as the Act directs by Benjn & Geoe Ridge & Co. Chichester, Sussex, May 1819.’
John Haighton (ca.1755-1823) British physiologist and surgeon, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815.
Inscribed ‘Drawn by Francis Simonau. Engraved by C. Armstrong. JOHN HAIGHTON, M.D. & F.R.S. Lecturer on Midwifery & Physiology at Guys Hospital, 1819. Proof. Published as the Act directs by Benjn & Geoe Ridge & Co. Chichester, Sussex, May 1819.’
John Haighton (ca.1755-1823) British physiologist and surgeon, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815.
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