Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
58.P.41 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Title |
Portrait of Nathaniel Chapman |
Artist |
Waugh, Samuel Bell |
Date |
ca. 1859 |
Description |
Half-length seated figure, turned slightly to his left. Subject has thick gray eyebrows and side-parted gray hair that hangs loosely around his ears. He has a Roman nose, hooded eyelids, blue gray eyes and a rosy complexion. He wears a double-breasted black coat and waistcoat, and a white collar, neckcloth and ruffle, with gold spectacles pushed back onto forehead. Black-brown background. |
Label |
Nathaniel Chapman was a physician, medical educator, and noted member of the APS. He received a medical degree in 1801 from the University of Pennsylvania, and later became chair of theory and practice of medicine there. While publishing medical textbooks and lectures, Chapman also founded the "Philadelphia Journal of Medical and Physical Sciences," now known as the "American Journal of the Medical Sciences." In 1848, Chapman became the first president of the American Medical Association. The APS paid 125 dollars for this portrait by Samuel Bell Waugh, copied from an 1848 portrait of Chapman by Thomas Sully (now at the University of Pennsylvania). |
Medium |
Oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
H-39 W-36 inches |
Dimension Details |
Framed |
Credit line |
American Philosophical Society |
Search Terms |
19th century nineteenth century painting physician University of Pennsylvania medicine |