Nov 12, 2013 - Sale 2330

Sale 2330 - Lot 296

Price Realized: $ 250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
NEW YORK HOSPITAL. Partly engraved document, a certificate of attendance issued to Elijah Middlebrook, who"hath attended the practice of Physic and Surgery in this Hospital during the Winter of 1812-13," signed by 7 physicians and surgeons. View of the Hospital at top. 400x300 mm, with good margins; lightly soiled, with faint vertical crease and stain in center, fully mounted on board with rounded edges, upper corners of the engraving off, bottom corners creased over the edges of the board. [New York], 13 February 1813

Additional Details

The physicians are William Hamersley, James, S. Shingham, and John C. Osborn; the surgeons are Wright Post (noted for his achievements in vascular surgery), Richard S. Kissam, Samuel Borrows, and V[alentine] Seaman.