John Syng Dorsey, M.D., 1819

Not on View

Medium

engraving in black on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 12.22 × 9.84 cm (4 13/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

sheet: 18.73 × 11.59 cm (7 3/8 × 4 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection

Accession Number

2015.19.3619

Artists / Makers

Charles Goodman (artist) American, 1790 - 1830

Robert Piggot (artist) American, 1795 - 1887

Thomas Sully (artist after) American, born England, 1783 - 1872

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 10

Text at bottom on plate:
Painted by T Sully. / Engraved by C. Goodman & R Piggot / As a Memorial of a Beloved Preceptor, / This Portrait of the Late / John Syng Dorsey M.D. / Professor of Anatomy in the University of Pennsylvania / Was caused to be Engraved by his Private Pupils [last line of incription has been trimmed]

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art