Royal College of Surgeons of England: Charles Stewart, conservator of the museum, describing specimens to visitors on the college's centenary. Drawing by J.A. Duncan, 1900.
- Duncan, James Allan, active 1888-1910
- Date:
- 1900
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- 47152i
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The skeleton of a tall man (presumably Charles Byrne "The Irish giant") is displayed next to a shorter skeleton beneath the label "Variation in stature"
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[1900]
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1 drawing : pen and ink over pencil ; sheet 27.8 x 27.4 cm
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Professor Stewart describing specimens in the college museum to the delegates. The centenary of the Royal College of Surgeons: yesterday's demonstrations
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J Duncan
Time and place note
The centenary was celebrated on 25-27 July 1900 (Victor Plarr, 'The centenary of the Royal College of Surgeons of England', Nature, 1900, 62:294–296)
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Wellcome Collection 47152i
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