Samuel Solomon, M.D. Stipple engraving by W. Angus after J. Steel
period print · 1805
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SUMMARY
Wellcome Collection archival record for a stipple engraving portrait of Samuel Solomon (Wellcome work whk59van; image V0005542ER). Identification basis: the sitter is named both by the archive record's title ('Samuel Solomon') and by the engraved lettering beneath the image, which reads 'SAMUEL SOLOMON, M.D.'; the plate's engraver/source line reads 'Engraved by W. Angus, from an Original Painting by I. Steel, Bath'. A vision inspection of the downloaded file confirmed a seated three-quarter-length man at a desk, his hand resting on an open book whose visible cover lettering reads 'GUIDE TO HEALTH' (Solomon's own book), matching the archive title and the engraved name. Date: both the Wellcome catalogue and the print's own imprint line give 1805; a high-resolution read of the imprint confirms 'Publish'd as the Act directs, 1 May, 1805, by Doct. Solomon; Liverpool', so the media year is 1805. Rights status: Public Domain Mark. Source for the actor-role media entity solomon-portrait-angus-1805 (the practitioner portrait).
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This Wellcome Collection record is the archival source for the portrait of Samuel Solomon used as the practitioner image. The sitter’s identity rests on two assertions on the object itself: the catalogue title and the engraved caption “SAMUEL SOLOMON, M.D.” The print shows Solomon at a desk with his hand on an open book lettered “GUIDE TO HEALTH”, his own publication. The Wellcome catalogue and the print’s own imprint line agree on the date: “Publish’d as the Act directs, 1 May, 1805, by Doct. Solomon; Liverpool”, which the media entity follows. The image carries a Public Domain Mark.