Dr. Benjamin Rush – Historic Reproduction
![Dr. Benjamin Rush, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/32/320f69edf80e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Dr. Benjamin Rush. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Dr. Benjamin Rush
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Benjamin Rush, the Philadelphia physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, is the sitter here, rendered in a finely cut engraving by the printmaker William Haines. Rush was among the most prominent medical men of the early American republic. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania, served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army's middle department, and is remembered for his advocacy of humane treatment of the mentally ill and for his work on public health during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The caption card gives no date, so the plate's exact year is unrecorded, though engravings of notable Philadelphians were widely circulated in the decades after independence.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving by Wm. Haines. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,023 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107564 |
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