Artist | Abraham Blooteling (Dutch b.1640, d.1690) LC |
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Title | Nathaniel Highmore (1613-1685), MD Cantab. Physician |
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Date | Date from engraving.; 1677 |
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Description | Highmore at age 63. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated Batchelor of Medicine (1641), and Doctor of Medicine (1642). He went on to practise as a medic in Dorset. He became good friends with William Harvey (1578-1657), the discoverer of circulation of the blood. Highmore published several works, his first, on the human body, he dedicated to William Harvey, giving a full account of the anatomy of the body. He was also familiar with the anatomy of the dog and sheep. |
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Subject | Nathaniel Highmore (b.1613, d.1685); Medicine; Portraits |
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Collection | Art Collection; Thomson-Walker |
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Accession Number | EU4538 |