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A portrait bust depicting William Harvey, English physician and discoverer of the circulation of the blood. He is depicted wearing his academic robes over a waistcoat, with a moustache and short pointed beard and curly short hair. The work is stood upon a round pedestal. It appears to be a plaster copy after an original bust by Peter Scheemakers, which was commissioned by Harvey's patron Richard Mead, and gifted to the Royal College of Physicians in 1739.

University of Aberdeen

Title

William Harvey (1578–1657)

Date

1881

Medium

plaster

Accession number

ABDUA:30974

Acquisition method

possibly donated by R. Harvey, son of A. Harvey

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

stamped: Harvey, 1881

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University of Aberdeen

University Museums, University of Aberdeen, Sir Duncan Rice Library, Bedford Road , Aberdeen AB24 3AA Scotland

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