| Artist | George Vertue (English b.1684, d.1756) LC |
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| Title | Samuel Dale (bap. 1659, d. 1739), Physician at Braintree and geologist |
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| Date | 1737 |
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| Description | From 1674 Samuel Dale was an apprentice to an apothecary for eight years. In 1686 he was a practising physician and apothecary in Essex. It does not seem that he took a doctor's degree or was even a member of the Society of Apothecaries or the Royal College of Physicians. Dale's most important written work was 'Pharmacologia' which first appeared in 1693. He possessed a great knowledge of both geology and botany and used this to great effect when writing his second important book: 'The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt'. |
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| Subject | Samuel Dale (b.Circa 1659, d.Circa 1739); Medicine; Portraits |
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| Collection | Art Collection; Thomson-Walker |
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| Accession Number | EU4483 |
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