Triptic of Horace Well's life
SubjectPortrait of
Horace Wells
(1815 - 1848)
After a work byAfter a work by
Cecilio Pla
(Spanish, 1860 - 1934)
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Dr. Luis Subirana Matas
(Spanish, 1871 - 1938)
MakerMade by
Jose Blass y Cia
(Spanish)
Date1906
MediumPrint on paper
DimensionsFrame (Height x Width): 16 5/16 x 27 3/4 x 3/4in. (41.4 x 70.5 x 1.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Hartford Medical Society
Object number2009.410.16
DescriptionReduced reproduction of the triptic painted for Dr. Luis Subirana of Madrid by the famous artist Cecilio Pla on the life of the glorious discoverer of the anestesia. First painting is of Wells in a lecture hall; the second is of Wells dead in the bathtub; and the third is of Wells outside a columned building with onlookers laughing att him.
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Status
Not on view
Jane Wells
Lydia Brown Wells
Oliver Wells
