Samuel Christian Friedrich Hahnemann (plaster bust)
photograph · 1837
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SUMMARY
Profile plaster bust of Samuel Hahnemann by the French sculptor Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, modelled in 1837 (within Hahnemann's Paris years), photographed against black. The bust bears the inscriptions 'P.J. David d'Angers 1837' and 'George N. Epps, Homoeopathic Chemist, London 1838' (Epps being a former owner of the cast). Held at Wellcome Collection under the Public Domain Mark; creator and 1837 date are read from the Wellcome catalogue record (work rgrxrt8f; image L0022937). Identification basis: the Wellcome record names the sitter as Samuel Christian Friedrich Hahnemann, so the caption names him.
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A plaster portrait bust of Hahnemann by Pierre-Jean David d’Angers, dated 1837, the period of Hahnemann’s move to Paris. It is an era-exact likeness modelled from life and is used as a second actor image. The creator, date, and rights (Public Domain Mark) are taken directly from the Wellcome catalogue record (work rgrxrt8f). The inscribed name ‘George N. Epps, Homoeopathic Chemist’ records a later English owner of the cast and is not the sitter; the sitter is named as Hahnemann on the authority of the Wellcome record.