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