button to main menu John Heysham MD, The Eminent Cumberland Naturalist
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Tullie House Museum : 1930.2
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Painting, watercolour portrait, John Heysham MD, The Eminent Cumberland Naturalist, Cumberland, about 1790.
Three quarter length portrait of John Heysham approaching middle age, seated at a table, facing right, his features viewed in profile. He examines a small pink flower held in his left hand. On the table in front of him stand several books and a glass beaker containing a further specimen of the plant. On a wooden perch beside it stands a falcon, its head turned to watch him. Heysham wears cream breeches, a blue jacket and white stock. He also wears a powdered wig.
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