Record

Reference Number	HI/1937-2
Title	Bust of Abraham Colles
Date	1800-1899
Description	Plaster bust of Abraham Colles (1773-1843). After J.R. Kirk R.H.A. Colles was Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and served as its President in 1802 and again in 1830. "Colles fracture", a type of fracture of the wrist, is named after him.
Extent	1 item
Custodial History	Details from Register of Donations and Bequest (RCPI/8/3/2/1) as presented by the Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, January 1937
Dimensions	730mm (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/1836	Colles; Abraham (1773-1843); surgeon	1773-1843
DS/UK/5704	Kirk; Joseph Robinson (c.1821-1894); sculptor	c.1821-1894
DS/UK/118	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; 1784-	1784-

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