Artist/Maker
Francisco Anelli
(b. 1805)
Depicted
Edwin Smith
(1822 - 1906)
Edwin Smith (1822–1906)
1847
Oil on canvas
Overall: 34 × 27 1/4 in. (86.4 × 69.2 cm)
Gift of Edwin Smith
1900.1
An Egyptologist, Smith was one of the earliest students of Egyptian hieroglyphics. For twenty years he lived at Luxor where in 1862 he acquired the important surgical papyrus which was presented to the New-York Historical Society by his daughter.
MarkingsStamp, oval black: "Prepared by Edwd Dechaux New York"
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