James Currie, M.D. F.R.S. [Freedom and Peace shall tell to many an Age. Thy warning Counsels thy prophetic Page; Art, taught by thee, shall o'er the burning Frame...]
Engraved by R.H.Cromek, late Pupil of F.Bartolozzi Esq. R.A. from the Original Drawing by Horace Hone, in the possession of Mrs, Cairncross Dr. Curries Sister. London: Published March 2nd 1807, by R.H.Cromek, 64 Newman Street, Oxford Street. Price 10s 6d. Engraving. Sheet 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Loss lower corner left. Portrait of James Currie (1756 - 1805), Scottish physician, best known for his anthology and biography of Robert Burns and his medical reports on the use of water in the treatment of fever. A watercolour portrait by Horace Hone (1756 - 1825) is in the National Galleries of Scotland.
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