Timothy Holmes (1825–1907)
Reproduction
Object numberRCSSC/P 3183
CollectionSpecial collections
CategoryVisual works
Object nameOil paintings, Portraits
TitleTimothy Holmes (1825–1907)
DescriptionPortrait of Timothy Holmes, by Sir William Blake Richmond, unsigned, late 19th century.
Half length, profile to left; he is seated and is looking ahead and slightly to the left. He wears a dark jacket and has a white handkerchief in his top pocket
The son of an Islington warehouseman, Timothy Holmes excelled as a student, gaining a scholarship to Cambridge where he graduated BA in 1847. He returned to London and became a student at St George's Hospital. He gained his FRCS in 1853 and served as house surgeon and surgical registrar at St George's Hospital. He also served as curator of the museum and demonstrator of anatomy, and became full surgeon in December 1867. He retired in 1887 but was appointed consulting surgeon and in 1894 he accepted the position of honorary treasurer. He was also elected assistant surgeon to the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street in 1859, and was full surgeon there from 1861 to 1868. At the Royal College of Surgeons Holmes served as Hunterian professor of surgery and pathology in 1872, on the court of examiners from 1873 to 1883, and on Council from 1877 to 1885, latterly as Vice-President.
This painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1889.
Sitter/subject
purchased
Related objectsMS0384
Physical Location
Location
Not on public display: contact museum for access conditions
Physical Information
Physical descriptionOil on canvas, in gilt wooden frame, glazed, 107cm by 97cm. Some cracquelure.
TIMOTHY HOLMES / Surgeon to the Hospital 1867-1887 / Treasurer to the Hospital, 1894 / A GREAT TEACHER / WB RICHMOND RA
Dimensions
frame height: 1070 mm
frame width: 970 mm
frame width: 970 mm
