335. CIRCLE OF SIR GEORGE HAYTER (1792-1871). PORTRAIT OF JOHN AYRTON PARIS (1785-1856), PHYSICIAN.

Quarter length, wearing academic robes, oil on canvas, apparently reduced in size at the lower edge
76 x 61.5cm.

* Paris made early causal connections between cancer and the risk of working in copper-smelting; he explored the occurrence of accidents in mining; he lectured on chemistry to the Royal Geological Society; and he was an advocate of complementary medicine and herbalism. He is thought to have invented the optical device known as the thaumatrope. Paris was elected President of The Royal College of Physicians in 1844.

Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter.