Portrait of John Clark
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Title
Portrait of John Clark
Description
Born and educated in England, John Clark (1598?-1664) then emigrated to Newbury, Massachusetts, where he was known for his work in lithotomy and said to be the first educated physician to reside in New England. He settled in Boston in 1650 and supposedly was the first physician in this country to perform the operation of trepanning the skull.
Abstract
This work by an unknown artist is one of the earliest American portraits and the only one known of a New England physician of the 17th century.
Creator
Unknown
Date Created
1664, circa
Extent
1 painting
Medium
Painting
Identifier
Acc. 2310
Provenance
Gift of Sarah W. Pickering and Hepsie S. Howard to the Boston Medical Library, 1901
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Portrait of John Clark,” OnView, accessed April 19, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6422.