Louis XVI as the Benefactor of Surgery
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Esprit Antoine Gibelin
Artist bio: French, Aix en Provence 1739–1813 Aix en Provence
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1771–74
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk underdrawing
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 75 3/16 in. (39 × 191 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph McCrindle Foundation Gift, 2018
Accession year: 2018
Tags: Louis XVI|Medicine|Doctors