Part 2

Miss Russell, an aunt of Lord de Clifford, who formerly owned King’s Weston, writes: ‘The pictures in the Great Hall at King’s Weston near Bristol, formerly the seat of the Southwell family, were placed there by Mr. Edward Southwell, who died in 1755. They are all to be accounted family portraits except two hung together, one of Dr. William Harvey, the other of Sir Heneage Finch, Earl of Nottingham, and the connection of these two is easily accounted for. Sir Robert Southwell, the “Ned Southwell” of Swift’s letters (1635-1702), principal Secretary of State for Ireland under William III and five times President of the Royal Society from 1690, studied medicine at Oxford--whilst Harvey was at Merton College--and anatomy abroad. He married on 26th January, 1664, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Dering of Surrenden-Dering in Kent--a “very pretty woman” according to Pepys--whose mother was a daughter of Daniel Harvey, Dr. William Harvey’s brother. Elizabeth, another daughter of Daniel Harvey, married Heneage Finch. The two portraits therefore are those of Lady Southwell’s Grand-uncle and Uncle.’ The Rev. Richard Warner, in his _Excursions from Bath_, 1801, attributes the picture to Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), and as it is clearly in his earlier style it is modelled on the style of Van Dyck, to whom it has been attributed. Van Dyck, however, died in December, 1641, and Harvey was not so old or worn at this time.

XV

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

A half-length figure seated in a large arm-chair, directed to the right; three-quarter face, looking at the spectator; in dark velvet coat or cloak with closely arranged row of buttons in the centre; the coat or cloak with six rows of braided bands, cut square at the elbows. A lighter sleeve is shown with narrow white cuffs or wristbands. The right hand is resting on a pillar and holds a cap, which is upright; the left hand rests on the arm of the chair. The falling collar has no tassels. The eyes are small and dark, the complexion sallow, and the features worn; the hair, moustache, and chin-tuft are white. There is a general resemblance to Harvey, but the face is too round, and the hands are certainly not like the hands portrayed in the other pictures.

The canvas measures 38½ in. by 31 in. and is inscribed ‘Gulielmus (Magnus ille) Harveius’. It was purchased from the trustees of J. O. Else in January, 1859, and is partly reproduced in the facsimile issue of _An Anatomical Dissertation upon the Movement of the Heart and Blood in Animals_. Privately printed for G. Moreton, Canterbury, 1894.

XVI

PORTRAIT FROM THE ERICH GALLERIES

Head and shoulders, to the right, nearly full face; wearing a dark gown with wide falling collar and tassels loosely tied. The face is thoughtful, with a full moustache and pointed beard. Head covered with a skull-cap allowing the hair to escape below it and exposing a wide brow. The canvas is signed very obscurely in the corner, just above the right shoulder, ‘C. J. 1641’. It is attributed to Janssen and was bought by Mr. Erich at a sale. It appears doubtful whether the portrait represents Dr. William Harvey.

Size 30 in. by 25 in.

XVII

MR. COBBOLD’S PORTRAIT OF HARVEY

A half-length, standing, full face. If this is a portrait of Harvey it represents him as a much older man than many of the others, untrimmed, dishevelled, and altogether different from the spruce, well-groomed man who is usually represented.

The portrait is in the possession of John P. Cobbold, Esq., of Holywells, Ipswich, who has very courteously supplied the photograph from which the present collotype has been made. Dr. John Ogle (Harveian Oration for 1880, p. 118) states--without mentioning his authority--that the picture formerly belonged to the Earl of Winchilsea. It was copied by the Rev. Richard Cobbold, a former member of Caius College, Cambridge, and the copy was presented by him to the College in 1843.

XVIII AND XIX

BUST IN HEMPSTEAD CHURCH

The bust is placed in the wall of the church at Hempstead and forms part of a marble monument with a long inscription in Latin. The bust was carefully examined some years ago by Mr. Thomas Woolner, R.A., who came to the conclusion that it was made from a death-mask. He says of it, ‘The features presented by the bust are clearly those of a dead face. The sculptor exhibits no knowledge of sculpture except when he was copying what was directly before him. With the cast of the face for his copy he has shown true artistic delineation, but all that he has been obliged to add to make up the bust is of the worst possible quality. The ears are placed entirely out of position, the large, redundant head of hair is altogether out of character, imaginary, and badly executed, and the drapery of the shoulders is simply despicable.’ The second collotype [Pl. XIX] shows that the right ear is a mere hole pierced in the rough marble block which forms the back of the head. No attempt is made to supply the pinna.

XX

A photograph of Harvey’s coffin taken about 1882. The coffin is shown propped up in the vault of the Harvey chapel at Hempstead Church. It is of lead with a rudely modelled face, a rope being twisted round the neck and a plate upon the chest bearing the inscription

DOCTOR WILLIAM + HARVEY + DECEASED + THE + 3 + OF + JUNE + 1657 + AGED + 79 + YEARS.

The leaden shell with its contents was deposited in the marble sarcophagus provided by the Royal College of Physicians of London on St. Luke’s Day 1883.

The photograph from which the collotype was made was kindly sent by Mr. Willoughby Arthur Blackstone, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P.

ENGRAVED PORTRAITS

_The British Museum Catalogue of Engraved Portraits_, by Freeman O’Donoghue, F.S.A. (Lond. 1910, vol. ii, p. 459), gives a list of the Engraved Portraits of William Harvey, which has been enlarged by Mr. Sidney H. Badcock, who has made a special study of the Harvey Engravings.

1. H.L. to R. in gown; oval frame with ornaments. Plate to Birch’s heads. Pub. Knapton, 1739, from the picture ‘in the collection of Dr. Mead’.

Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, J. Houbraken.

Line, 14⅛ x 8¾ in.

One proof with artist’s name only; two lettered impressions. In the first edition the portrait has a very narrow margin. A few copies were published in parts with a wider margin. The plate was also published as a proof before letters, a proof with letters and a wide margin, and it was issued in both states on India paper. It was re-cut for the fourth edition of Birch published in 1813 with a margin of 2-2½ inches.

2. A copy of the last with the ornaments; reversed and a square frame added to enclose the whole picture. Pub. G. Kearsly, 1777. From the _Copper-plate Magazine_.

Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, T. Cook.

Line, 5⅞ x 4⅜ in.

3. Another copy with the ornaments; reversed. Plate to _Universal Magazine_. Pub. J. Hinton.

Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, Anon.

Line, 6¼ x 4 in.

4. Another copy to L., nearly full face; in Doctor’s gown and collar with the strings tied: in an oval frame resting on a pedestal lettered ‘William Harvey M.D.’

Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, T. Cook.

Line, 5½ x 3⅝ in.

5. Another copy, bust only to R.; oval, at head of an account of him. Plate to _Biographical Magazine_. Pub. Harrison & Co., 1795.

Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, P. Audinet.

Line, 1⅞ x 1½ in.

6. Another copy, bust only to L.; without background; four Latin lines below.

Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, Anon.

Line.

7. Nearly W.L. to R. seated, in gown, hat in r. hand. From the picture at the College of Physicians of London. Frontispiece to his _Opera Omnia_, 1766. Corn. Jonson, pinxt.

Painter, C. Janssen. Engraver, J. Hall.

Line, 7⅝ x 6⅜ in.

8. Similar to the last but reversed.

Painter, C. Janssen. Engraver, Anon.

Line, 9¾ x 7 in.

9. Similar to the last; H.L. only to L.; oval frame. Unfinished plate as left at McArdell’s death.

Painter, C. Janssen. Engraver, J. McArdell.

Mezz., 11 x 9 in.

10. Similar to the last; H.L. to L. Collar, with tassels tied, and doctor’s gown. Pub. Laurie and Whittle, 1794. Van Dyck, pinxt.

This appears to be the re-worked plate from which No. 9 was printed with the incorrect attribution to Van Dyck.

Painter, C. Janssen. Engraver, J. McArdell.

Mezz. 13 x 9 in.

11. Similar to last but to R. Proof before any inscription.

Painter, C. Janssen. Engraver, (?).

Mezz. 3⅛ x 2½ in.

12. Similar, head only, R. Vignette 1878. Proof before any inscription.

Painter, C. Janssen. Engraver, C. H. Jeens.

13. H.L. to L. in skull-cap. From picture belonging to the Royal Society. Plate in C. Knight’s _Portrait Gallery_, 1833.

Painter, C. Janssen. Engraver, E. Scriven.

Stipple, 5 x 4½ in.

Also published by Wm. S. Orr, London.

14. Sculptured bust on pedestal to R. Frontispiece to English translation of his _De Generatione Animalium_, 1653 (Fagan, p. 41).

Engraver, W. Faithorne.

Line, 5 x 3¼ in.

15. Copy from the last. Circular medallion on pedestal supported by two allegorical figures with the title ‘Dr. Harvey’ and ‘page 553’ in top right-hand corner. (Reproduced as Plate XIII, p. 30.)

Line, 6¾ x 4½ in.

16. Nearly W.L. to L., seated in an arm-chair, in gown, hat in right hand, with title ‘Gulielmus Harveius Doct. Professor regius Exercitationum Anatomicarum de Motu Cordis et sanguinis circulatione celeberrimus Auctor’. From the picture now in the National Portrait Gallery.

Engraver, (W. Hollar (?)) or more probably by Gaywood.

Etching, 7⅞ x 6 in.

17. H.L. to L. in broad collar and skull-cap. Pub. J. W. Parker.

Engraver, C. G. Lewis.

Etching, 5¼ x 4⅝ in.

18. W.L. to R., standing, holding tablet; vignette. Pub. 1815. (Fanciful.)

Painter, G. B. Cipriani.

19. Copy of No. 12. Sculptured bust on pedestal to R. Frontispiece to _William Harvey_, by R. Willis, M.D., 1878.

Photogravure, Goupil & Cie.

20. Similar to No. 10. Head only, to R. Frontispiece to _Lives of Physicians_, 1830.

Painter, C. Janssen. Engraver, W. C. Edwards.

Stipple, 3½ x 2⅞ in.

21. H.L. to L., nearly full face, in doctor’s gown, with white collar and tassels. Lettered ‘William Harvey M.D.’ Pub. Arch. Fullerton & Co., Glasgow. Pub. in Cunningham’s _Lives of Eminent Englishmen_, 1835, and again in 1836.

Engraver, S. Freeman.

Line, 7 x 5 in.

22. Bust in an oval, to R. Doctor’s gown and collar with tassels and strings tied. Pub. Ed. Harding, 1801.

Sc. Harding.

Stipple, 10½ x 8½ in.

23. Vignette. Bust similar to No. 5, L. Pub. in _Physiognomical Portraits_.

Painter, Bemmel. Holl., sculpt.

Stipple, 2½ x 1¾ in.

24. Bust, R. Square collar and buttoned surtout. Lettered ‘Guillaume Harvey’. Painter, Vigneron. Engraver, Engelman.

Litho. 11 x 8¼ in.

25. Bust, inscribed ‘William Harvey M.D.’ between two columns. It forms the upper half of the certificate given to pupils attending the Anatomical and Chirurgical lectures of Dr. William Hunter. The plate seems to have come into the possession afterwards of George Fordyce, M.D. (1736-1802), who used it for a similar purpose.

Line, 11¼ x 8 in.

26. Nearly W.L. to L., seated, in gown, hat in left hand. From picture at Royal College of Physicians. Pub. in Pettigrew’s _Portrait Gallery_, 1840. It was also published separately in proof and as a proof before letters.

Painter, C. Jansons (_sic_). Engraver, J. Thomson.

Printed by McQueen.

Steel engraving, 3½ x 3¾ in.

Janssen’s picture reversed.

27. Reduced copy of No. 8. Frontispiece to _William Harvey_, by D’Arcy Power, 1897.

Painter, Cornelius Jonson (_sic_). Engraver, Hall.

Photo-sc., 3 x 3¼ in.

28. Three-quarter length to R., standing, in gown, left hand on diagram of arterial system; apparatus, shelves, and books in the background.

Painter, (?).

Process block, 6¼ x 5 in.

Presented to members of the Historical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, Nov. 1912. See also Proceedings of the _Royal Society of Medicine_ (Section of History), 1912, vi, p. 31, Pl. II.

29. Bust to L., in doctor’s gown. The base of the pedestal inscribed ‘Guil. Harvei illus.’

Etching, 2⅞ x 2⅝ in.

30. Bust to R.

W. Read, sc.

Engraving, 6¼ x 4⅛ in.

31. Bust to L. The medal of the Edinburgh Hunterian Society with the lettering ‘In Gul. Harvei honorem MDCCLXXXII’.

Etching, 2 x 1⅜ in.

32. Bust to R., in doctor’s gown, with wide lace collar and strings untied. Pub. by C. Forster in the _Literary Magazine and British Review_, 1790.

Painter, Bemmel, Sculpt., Blackberd.

Line, 7 x 4½ in.

33. Bust to R. as in No. 32. Pub. by J. Robins, 1830.

Painter, Bemmel. Engraver, J. Thomson.

Stipple, 7½ x 4½ in.

34. Bust to L., nearly full face, in doctor’s gown with collar and strings tied, in an oval resting on a block which is lettered ‘William Harvey M.D.’ No name of painter or engraver.

Line, 5⅞ x 3⅞ in.

35. Bust to L., surtout buttoned, plain linen collar, no tassels, skull-cap. Lettered ‘W. Harvey M.D.’ Pub. by C. Knight in _Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies_, vol. vii, 1846.

Etching, 3½ x 2½ in.

36. ‘Harvey demonstrating to Charles Ist his theory of the Circulation of the Blood.’ From a painting by R. Hannah. Line engraving by H. Leman. Pub. Messrs. Lloyd Bros. & Co., 22 Ludgate Hill, 1851. (See the _Lancet_, 1851, i, p. 382.) Fanciful.

37. ‘Harvey with the two children of Charles 1st at the battle of Edgehill 1642.’ Fanciful.

W. F. Yeames, R.A., pinxt. H. Dixon, photo.

Frontispiece to Dr. John W. Ogle’s Harveian Oration for 1881.

38. Bust to L., surtout buttoned with plain white falling collar: no tassels: no skull-cap. From the portrait in the National Portrait Gallery. Pub. for G. Moreton, 42 Burgate Street, Canterbury, 1894.

Photogravure, 5½ x 3¾ in.

Portraits of Harvey are also reproduced in _Clinical Sketches_, Lond. 1895, vol. i, facing page 16; B. W. Richardson, _Disciples of Æsculapius_, 8vo, Lond. 1910, i. 13-19; A lithograph by Hart and Mapother, Louisville, Kentucky; Engraving, G. Johnson, pinxt, T. Coldwell (Lond.), 1799; Engraving, Göttingen, T. C. Dieterich, 1789; Lithograph nach Hall von A. G. Eberhard; Engraving, Houbraken, pinxt., W. R. Jones, sc.

BUSTS

1. The monument in Hempstead Church near Saffron Walden in Essex.

2. Peter Scheemakers’ (1691-1770) bust at the Royal College of Physicians, London. Presented by Dr. Mead in 1739. It was copied from an original picture in the possession of Dr. Mead.

3. Coin in the British Museum. It was struck at Berlin in 1825 in honour of Blumenbach.

4. Coin by Rogat.

5. The medal of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh.

STATUES

Mr. Bruce Joy’s statue at Folkestone.

Statue in the Museum at Oxford.