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Painting (Oil on Canvas, Framed) of an Anatomy Lecture, Attributed to James Paxton, Oxford, c.1840

Inventory Number 23518


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.23518

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Radcliffe Infirmary in 1931.
Object type
Oil painting
Dimensions
Height: 895mm Width: 760mm Depth: 70mm Weight: 6150g
Inventory No
23518
Accession Number
1931-19

Description

The picture is believed to show Dr William Greenhill lecturing to a class of medical students in his house at 91 High Street, Oxford. Greenhill occupied 91 High Street from 1839 until 1851, and is known to have boarded medical students there (Census Return for 1841). The lecturer has also been plausibly identified as John Kidd.