| Brief Description | Bust in marble of James Matthews Duncan, Scottish Physician (1826 - 1890). Sittter faces slight right, and is wearing a large-lapelled coat, waistcoat, upright-collared shirt, and large bow-tie. Figure is an older male with side-parted hair swept to the right, and a mutton-chops style beard. The bust sits atop a square-footed pedestal inscribed 'J. Matthews Duncan M.D'. |
| Object History Note | The bust may have been copied from a photogravure portrait of Duncan taken by Dawsons, currently held in the Wellcome Collection: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/xhubenuf?wellcomeImagesUrl=/indexplus/image/V0026837.html. |