Illustrations and works of art of St Thomas's Hospital and Medical School
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0100 TH/ILL |
Held at | : King's College London College Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ › |
Full title | : Illustrations and works of art of St Thomas's Hospital and Medical School |
Date(s) | : [1720s-1980] |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
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Extent | : 6 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : St Thomas's Hospital |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Miscellaneous non-medical illustrations and works of art [1720s-1960s]including illustrations of St Thomas's Hospital and Medical School buildings at Southwark and Lambeth; botanical subjects [1800-1900]; buildings in the Southwark district, London Bridge, [1805-1860s]; printed portaits of Mr Ludlow, John Leake, Thomas Sydenham, William Withering (1744-1799), R D Grainger (1801-1865), William Chesleden (1688-1752), Abraham Coltes, John Hunt, Arthur Beeny Appleton (1888-1950), Sir Thomas Watson (1792-1882); humorous prints concerning medical practice, 1800, 1825; prints of St Thomas's and other hospital buildings {1720]-1825;
Medical illustrations [1730s-1960s], including carcinoma of the prostate [1905-1914]; Murphy's approach to the hip-joint [1900-1930]; giantism of feet and gangrene of fingers, 1936;
Postcards depicting St Thomas's Hospital including exteriors, George ward, operating theatre, and groups of military patients, [1900-1970];
paintings 1825-1970s, including watercolours depicting the Anatomy and Operating theatres, and wards at St Thomas's, Southwark, [1825]; painted portraits of Anthony Gordon Gregory (1917-1942), Sir Max Page, John Roland Wallace;
and a series of large anatomical illustration [1900-1980]. Anatomical prints [1850-1950]
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Alison Field
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
June 2004
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