Oliver Wendell Holmes, as depicted by W M Thackeray for 'Vanity Fair'

Object detail

Maker

William Makepeace Thackeray (b.1811, d.1863)

Date

Circa 1900

Medium

paper, ink, cardboard

Measurements

35.4 x 24.2 cm

Accession Number

MHM01765

Inscriptions

signatures ▫ "Spy" ▫ 0 - Whole
labels ▫ "Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894/Oliver Wendell Holmes achieved immortality in both literature and medicine. At the/age of 38 Holmes became, and for 35 years remained, Professor of Anatomy and/Physiology. While not a great anatomist he was a great teacher. His treatise 'On the/contagiousness of puerperal fever' ranks as one of the outstanding classics in medical/literature." ▫ 0 - Whole

Object Type

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documents

Medical History Museum Category

Medicine in Society

Museum

Medical History Museum

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