Pair Bronze Busts of Hippocrates and Lysimachus Art

Pair Bronze Busts of Hippocrates and Lysimachus ArtA pair of 19th century Grand Tour bronze busts depicting Hippocrates (c. 460 c. 370 BC) and Lysimachus (c. 360 c. 281 BC). Hippocrates was a Greek physician of the Classical period and widely considered the 'Father of Medicine'. He revolutionised healthcare by separating medicine from superstition, asserting that diseases had natural, environmental causes rather than being divine punishments. He established medicine as a science focused on clinical

Small ink inscription to the flyleaf of Volume I together with some pencil inscriptions and an ink stamp

An Amberg Patent filing cabinet of unusually small proportions with working lock and key

Poems & Plays by Oliver Goldsmith'

A 19th century oil on canvas of very large proportions

Weight (approx): 960 grams

Depth (at deepest point): 12cm

The volume shows shelf wear to the board and spine extremities (particularly to the top of the spine) and there is some fading to the spine leather

Fantastic colour throughout and very good proportions

The work has some craquelure in areas and a few flakes of paint loss to the log upon which the bot is seated (please see photographs)

and there are some paint losses in places commensurate with age (please see photographs)

An early 19th century English School oil on canvas portrait of a young girl

with fitted interior and working lock and key