Regency Portraits Catalogue
John Bell (1763-1820), Surgeon
- Gallery portraits
- Biography and References
Surgeon and lecturer on anatomy and surgery in Edinburgh University; an elder brother of Sir Charles Bell; FRCS (Edinburgh) 1786 and published Principles of Surgery, 3 vols, 1801-8.
'...below the middle height, of good figure, active-looking, and dressed with excellent taste' (Dictionary of National Biography).
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
'...below the middle height, of good figure, active-looking, and dressed with excellent taste' (Dictionary of National Biography).
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.