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| Title | Portrait of Edward Martin | |
| Collection | Royal College of Physicians of London | |
| Artist | Pistrucci, Benedetto (Italian gem carver, medalist, 1784-1855) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1850 | |
| Date Latest | about 1850 | |
| Description | Edward Martin (1810-1814) qualified in medicine and became a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries in 1832 and a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1834. He moved to Sheffield where he became surgeon at the Public Dispensary for thirteen years. He also taught at the Sheffield Medical Institution. He died at Rempstone Hall, near Loughborough. This miniature was painted for Dr Hill, a pupil of Martin's. Benedetto Pistrucci (1784-1855) was an Italian engraver and employed by the mint in Britain. He produced the famous design of 'St George Slaying a Dragon', used on coins since 1817. | |
| Current Accession Number | X246 | |
| Subject | portrait (Martin, Edward) | |
| Measurements | 9 x 6.5 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on card | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by C. H. Simson 1924. | |
| Provenance | Dr Thomas A. Hill, London, about 1850 (?); bequeathed to C. H. Simson, San José, California by 1924. | |
| Publications | A Descriptive Catalogue of the Portraits, Busts, Silver and other Objects of Interest in the Royal College of Physicians of London , London, 1926, p. 53 as presented by Miss F. R. Shellenberger; Wolstenholme, G. (ed.), Portraits, London, 1964, p. 270, ill p. 271. | |
| Notes | This is a miniature. It is recorded in the 1926 catalogue that the painting was given to the RCP by Miss F. R. Shellenberger and not Mr Simson. | |
| Rights Owner | © Royal College of Physicians of London | |
| Author | Dr Madeleine Korn | |