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Portrait of William Donne, Surgeon. From a family who had farmed in Norfolk since the fourteenth century, his father was a doctor in Dereham and his cousin was William Cowper, the poet. He performed 173 lithotomy operations in 32 years with a mortality rate of one in seven, a remarkable acheivement for the time. He inspired Sir Astley Cooper to take up surgery.
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Norwich
Title
William Donne (1746–1804)
Date
c.1870
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 24 x W 19 cm
Accession number
NWHHA : 1995.18.1
Acquisition method
gift, 1890
Work type
Painting