Book Id: 45208 Portrait photograph by Maull & Polyblank. William Bowman.

Portrait photograph by Maull & Polyblank

Publisher Information: London: 1860.

Bowman, William (1816-92). Portrait photograph by Maull & Polyblank. [London: Maull & Polyblank,] n.d. [ca. 1860]. 200 x 147 mm. (image); 299 x 253 (mount). Lower corner of mount a bit soiled, traces of mounting on the verso, but very good. Subject identified in pencil in the lower margin.

Portrait of British surgeon, anatomist and histologist William Bowman, best known for identifying “Bowman’s capsule” in the kidney (Garrison-Morton.com 1231) and for his important contributions to ophthalmic surgery (Garrison-Morton.com 1505), including an operation for artificial pupil (Garrison-Morton.com 5867). The portrait is by the noted London photographic studio of Maull and Henry Polyblank, established in 1856.

Book Id: 45208

Price: $950.00

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