| Description | Framed three-quarter length portrait of John Stearne (1624-1669), seated, wearing the robes of a Doctor of Medicine of Dublin University. Oil on canvas. A copy of the original in Trinity College Dublin attributed to Hugh Howard, by Stephen Catterson Smith the younger (1849-1912). Nameplate on frame reads: "JOHN STEARNE, M.D.S.F.T.C.D./FOUNDER OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN IRELAND./PRESENTED BY/SAMUEL GORDON, M.D./ST. LUKE'S DAY. 1892." |