Thomas Spencer Wells (1818-1897)
Reproduction
Object numberRCSSC/P 232
CollectionSpecial collections
CategoryVisual works
Object nameOil paintings, Portraits
TitleThomas Spencer Wells (1818-1897)
DescriptionPortrait of Thomas Spencer Wells, by Rudolf Lehmann, unsigned.
Three-quarter length, to right, seated; he wears the President’s black gown with crimson velvet facings, its black ribbons in a wide bow at the throat, over a black suit and white shirt. His left hand holds his three-cornered hat across his knees; his right arm rests on a book lying on a brown and gold table-cloth; the spine of the book is lettered - see inscriptions. His hair and side-whiskers are white and he wears gold-rimmed spectacles.
Thomas Spencer Wells was President of the College 1882, and Naval Surgeon 1841-48. Surgeon to the Samaritan Free Hospital for Women and Children 1854-1878, his career was noted for his improvement of ovariotomy. Designer of the Spencer Wells forceps.
Production date 1884 - 1884
Sitter/subject
bequeathed
Physical Location
LocationOn public display in RCS England's London headquarters
Physical Information
Physical descriptionOil on canvas, 123cm by 100cm. In gilt wooden frame, glazed, 148cm by 124cm.
SPENCER WELLS / OVARIAN / AND / UTERINE / TUMOURS.B.1818 (sitters name - mostly illegible….) D.1897
