James Morison. Coloured aquatint after H. Berthoud
period print · 1834
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SUMMARY
Wellcome Collection archival record for a coloured aquatint portrait of James Morison, the Hygeist (Wellcome work x2kmat76; image V0004132). Identification basis: the sitter is named both by the archive record's own title ('James Morison') and by the engraved lettering on the print itself, which reads 'Mr. Morison, the Hygeist. Discoverer of the Universal Medicine', published by J. Field. The print is undated; a framing year in the 1830s is used because it depicts Morison in his Hygeist persona during the active period of the British College of Health (founded 1828). A vision inspection of the downloaded file confirmed a single coloured head-and-shoulders male portrait with that engraved caption, matching the archive title. Rights status: Public Domain Mark. Source for the actor-role media entity morison-portrait-berthoud (the practitioner portrait).
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This Wellcome Collection record is the archival source for the portrait of James Morison used as the practitioner image. The sitter’s identity rests on two independent assertions: the catalogue title and the engraved lettering printed on the aquatint itself (‘Mr. Morison, the Hygeist’). The print is undated and is framed to the 1830s, the active period of his Hygeian business. The image carries a Public Domain Mark.