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
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.
Object number2009.410.16
InscribedTo the Horace Wells SocietyProf. Subirana
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- Horace Wells
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Jane Wells
Oliver Wells
Lydia Brown Wells