Photograph of oil painting of John Shaw Billings (1895)

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JOHN SHAW BILLINGS CENTENNIAL

 In this portrait, painted by Cecilia Beaux in 1895, Dr.
 Billings wears  the gown of a  Doctor  of  Civil  Law of
 Oxford.  The painting hangs in the Reading Room  of the
National Library of Medicine.

The gravitation of John Billings to books was as inevitable and as certain as  any  law  of nature.   It  was  equally certain  that,  given access to books, he would know their contents, use them, and  introduce others  to  their  solace  and  help.  Detailed to  the  Surgeon General's Office and  finding no library, he made one. That he and no one else was founder of the national medical library needs  no discussion  after reading the following letter, printed in The Medical Record.
                                         Washington, February 3, 1880
Titolo
Photograph of oil painting of John Shaw Billings (1895)
John Shaw Billings Portrait
Descrizione
Color image of an oil painting featuring John Shaw Billings that was painted by Cecilia Beaux. Image caption on page 30 of the book US National Library of Medicine: "In recognition of John Shaw Billings' public service, 260 physicians of the United States and Great Britain presented this portrait of Billings to the library at a testimonial banquet in Philadelphia on November 30, 1895. It was painted by Cecilia Beaux. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Beaux won many honors throughout her long career. She studied in Philadelphia under William Sartain and Thomas Eakins, and in Paris in the Julien and Lazar schools. She painted, among other notables of the day, Henry James, the American-born British writer; Georges Benjamin Clemenceau, the French politician, physician, and journalist; and Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier, a Belgian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a noted scholar. Courtesy of Stephen J. Greenberg"
Descrizione
Ritratto di John Shaw Billings effettuato da Cecilia Beaux nel 1895 - alla fine del suo incarico di direttore della National Library of Medicine (NLM) - appeso nella sala lettura della NLM a Bethesda, USA.
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Data
1895
Luogo
USA
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The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain
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USA
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