Photographs by the Keystone Press Agency
TitlePhotographs by the Keystone Press Agency
ReferenceRCS-PHO/3/4/1
Level of descriptionfile
Datec1956-1960
Creator 1800-date Royal College of Surgeons of England, c1900-present Keystone Press Agency, photography agency
Scope and ContentThis file contains the following photographs, taken c1956-1960:
-1 black and white photo labelled ‘In the Royal College of Surgeons students awaiting examination for Fellowship within the inner hall. The paintings are L to R: Sir John Bland Sutton, Lord Moynihan and Sir Hugh let.’ 34x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of a lecture in the Edward Lumley Hall, 15x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of the College mace bearer holding the mace, in one of the Council rooms, 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo labelled ‘A big day in the life of a surgeon: the clerk to the Court of Examiners calls the numbers of successful students who then pass on into the rooms in which sit the members of the Court. They have taken the examination for the Fellowship of the College.’ 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo of young man ascending the College stairs, 26x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of the College crest as a large wall plaque. Labelled ‘The Royal College of Surgeons: The Coat of Arms of the College, granted in 1822 in the time of George IV, is now on one of the outer walls of the now Nuffield College of Surgical Sciences block and can be seen from the Webb-Johnson Hall.’ 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo of ‘The Nuffield Lounge of the Royal College of Surgeons, in which resident students and surgeons may relax and read’;
-1 black and white photo of the library, labelled ‘inside the Royal College of Surgeons: the main library with its priceless thousands of books on every aspect of surgery and medicine,’ 23x21cm;
-3 black and white photos of a man resting some paperwork on the statue of John Hunter, labelled ‘Inside the Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln’s Inn Fields are busts and paintings of many famous surgeons of the past. John Hunter is known as the father of scientific surgery [featuring 2 different people], 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo labelled ‘The residents dining room in the Nuffield College, known as the Webb-Johnson Hall.’ 26x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of a man ascending the College stairs, labelled ‘A surgeon of the future gaining inspiration from the past on the main staircase.’ 26x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of the College entrance hall, labelled ‘A corner of the hall of the College showing a painting of Lord Webb-Johnson.’ 26x21cm;
-2 black and white photo of the College entrance hall labelled ‘the stairway leading from the inner hall to the library is lined with paintings of famous surgeons of the past.’ 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo of College showing cars parked in front. On reverse ‘The main entrance to the Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.’ 26x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of the outside of the Nuffield College and the College, seen from the park. Labelled ‘The Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, showing the old building with portico, and the new Nuffield College of Surgical Sciences, which is mainly residential, 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo of the back of the College with building work in progress, 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo of DH Tompsett at work on a corrosion cast of the heart and lungs, 21x26cm, c1940s;
- 1 black and white photo of the library, viewed from the gallery, c 1940s;
-1 black and white photo of the library EWR viewed from the gallery, c1940s;
-1 black and white photo of researchers at desks in the library, viewed from the gallery, c1940s;
-1 black and white photo of the library Coulthurst room, viewed from the gallery, c1940s;
-1 black and white photo of a researcher on the library gallery, possibly in the Coulthurst room, viewed from the gallery, c1940s.
Copyright Keystone Press Agency.
-1 black and white photo labelled ‘In the Royal College of Surgeons students awaiting examination for Fellowship within the inner hall. The paintings are L to R: Sir John Bland Sutton, Lord Moynihan and Sir Hugh let.’ 34x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of a lecture in the Edward Lumley Hall, 15x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of the College mace bearer holding the mace, in one of the Council rooms, 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo labelled ‘A big day in the life of a surgeon: the clerk to the Court of Examiners calls the numbers of successful students who then pass on into the rooms in which sit the members of the Court. They have taken the examination for the Fellowship of the College.’ 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo of young man ascending the College stairs, 26x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of the College crest as a large wall plaque. Labelled ‘The Royal College of Surgeons: The Coat of Arms of the College, granted in 1822 in the time of George IV, is now on one of the outer walls of the now Nuffield College of Surgical Sciences block and can be seen from the Webb-Johnson Hall.’ 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo of ‘The Nuffield Lounge of the Royal College of Surgeons, in which resident students and surgeons may relax and read’;
-1 black and white photo of the library, labelled ‘inside the Royal College of Surgeons: the main library with its priceless thousands of books on every aspect of surgery and medicine,’ 23x21cm;
-3 black and white photos of a man resting some paperwork on the statue of John Hunter, labelled ‘Inside the Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln’s Inn Fields are busts and paintings of many famous surgeons of the past. John Hunter is known as the father of scientific surgery [featuring 2 different people], 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo labelled ‘The residents dining room in the Nuffield College, known as the Webb-Johnson Hall.’ 26x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of a man ascending the College stairs, labelled ‘A surgeon of the future gaining inspiration from the past on the main staircase.’ 26x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of the College entrance hall, labelled ‘A corner of the hall of the College showing a painting of Lord Webb-Johnson.’ 26x21cm;
-2 black and white photo of the College entrance hall labelled ‘the stairway leading from the inner hall to the library is lined with paintings of famous surgeons of the past.’ 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo of College showing cars parked in front. On reverse ‘The main entrance to the Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.’ 26x21cm;
-1 black and white photo of the outside of the Nuffield College and the College, seen from the park. Labelled ‘The Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, showing the old building with portico, and the new Nuffield College of Surgical Sciences, which is mainly residential, 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo of the back of the College with building work in progress, 21x26cm;
-1 black and white photo of DH Tompsett at work on a corrosion cast of the heart and lungs, 21x26cm, c1940s;
- 1 black and white photo of the library, viewed from the gallery, c 1940s;
-1 black and white photo of the library EWR viewed from the gallery, c1940s;
-1 black and white photo of researchers at desks in the library, viewed from the gallery, c1940s;
-1 black and white photo of the library Coulthurst room, viewed from the gallery, c1940s;
-1 black and white photo of a researcher on the library gallery, possibly in the Coulthurst room, viewed from the gallery, c1940s.
Copyright Keystone Press Agency.
Extent25 photographs
Related objectsRCS-SCH/1/3/65
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