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Doctors and nurses


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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

1836-1917
Physician
Sitter in 7 portraits
Sir William Butts

Sir William Butts

1485-1545
Physician and confidant of Henry VIII
Sitter associated with 7 portraits
Sir Roy Yorke Calne

Sir Roy Yorke Calne

1930-
Surgeon
Sitter in 3 portraits
Edith Cavell

Edith Cavell

1865-1915
Nurse
Sitter in 7 portraits
Dame Sally Davies

Dame Sally Davies

1949-
Chief Medical Officer
Sitter in 2 portraits
Henry Havelock Ellis

Henry Havelock Ellis

1859-1939
Physician and psychologist
Sitter in 17 portraits
William Harvey

William Harvey

1578-1657
Physician, discovered the circulation of the blood
Sitter in 19 portraits
Joseph Hume

Joseph Hume

1777-1855
Doctor and politician; MP for Aberdeen Burghs, Middlesex and Montrose Burghs
Sitter associated with 75 portraits
John Hunter

John Hunter

1728-1793
Surgeon and anatomist
Sitter in 13 portraits
William Hunter

William Hunter

1718-1783
Anatomist and physician; obstetrician and physician to Queen Charlotte
Sitter associated with 6 portraits
Sophia Jex-Blake

Sophia Jex-Blake

1840-1912
Physician and campaigner for women's rights
Sitter in 2 portraits
Melanie Klein

Melanie Klein

1882-1960
Psychoanalyst and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits
Lionel George Logue

Lionel George Logue

1880-1953
Speech therapist (cured George VI's stammer)
Sitter in 2 portraits
Dame (Emma) Maud McCarthy

Dame (Emma) Maud McCarthy

1858-1949
Army Matron-in-Chief
Sitter in 3 portraits
Sir Archibald Hector McIndoe

Sir Archibald Hector McIndoe

1900-1960
Plastic surgeon
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne

Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne

1573-1655
Physician and chemist
Sitter in 12 portraits
Richard Mead

Richard Mead

1673-1754
Physician
Sitter associated with 9 portraits
Jonathan Miller

Jonathan Miller

1934-2019
Physician, theatre and opera director and television presenter
Sitter in 29 portraits
Harold Moody

Harold Moody

1882-1947
Physician; founder of the League of Coloured Peoples
Sitter in 1 portrait
Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

1820-1910
Reformer of hospital nursing and of the Army Medical Services
Sitter associated with 36 portraits

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