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
Location
Not on public display: contact museum for access conditions
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
