Record

Reference Number	HI/1936-3
Title	Bust of Thomas Sydenham
Date	[1800-1899]
Description	Plaster bust of English physician Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689) who, as one of the early founders of clinical medicine and epidemiology, became known as "the English Hippocrates". Bust is a copy of the one by Joseph Wilton (1722-1803) in the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Extent	1 item
Custodial History	Details from Register of Donations and Bequest (RCPI/8/3/2/1) as presented by Mrs M S Hearn, March 1936
Dimensions	705mm (height)
Digital Collections	View online in our digital collections
Copyright	Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Credit Line	Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Object Name	Bust
Term	Sculpture
Term	Medicine in the Arts

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/1711	Sydenham; Thomas (1624-1689); physician	1624-1689
DS/UK/5703	Wilton; Joseph (1722-1803); sculptor	1722-1803
DS/UK/156	United Kingdom; Royal College of Physicians; 1518-	1518-

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