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Portrait of Phillip Meadows Martineau, Assistant Surgeon and Surgeon to the Hospital 1778 to 1828. Apprenticed under William Donne of Dereham, he gained a European reputation for his skill as a lithotomist. In 1784 he conceived the idea of founding a public library in Norwich. There is a mural memorial to him in the Octagon Chapel, Norwich.
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Norwich
Title
Philip Meadows Martineau (1752–1829), Assistant Surgeon & Surgeon (1778–1828)
Date
c.1825
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76.3 x W 63 cm
Accession number
NWHHA : 1995.28.1
Acquisition method
gift from Helen Higginson, before 1890
Work type
Painting
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Hospital Arts Project, Colney Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UY England
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