Joshua Brookes
(1761-1833), AnatomistRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 5 portraits
Anatomist. Studied under William Hunter and other eminent surgeons in London and Paris. On his return to London he began to teach anatomy and develop a vast museum of specimens illustrating human and comparative anatomy. Brookes' principal scientific discovery was in a new method of preserving subjects for class dissections and lectures. For this he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1815
NPG 5002
by James Fittler, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 1818 (1815)
NPG D32182
by James Fittler, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 1822 (1815)
NPG D32183
by William Ward, after Bryan Edward Duppa
mezzotint, published 1833
NPG D32181
by William Ward, published by Martin Colnaghi, after Bryan Edward Duppa
mezzotint, published 1 July 1853
NPG D18909
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