Portrait of Dr. Thomas Graham Balfour. c. 1883. Etching. 8 3/4 x 6 1/4. One unobtrusive foxing spot; otherwise fine condition. Printed with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed in the plate. Housed in a handsome 17 x 13 7/8-inch black frame with gold highlights. $175
Thomas Graham Balfour (1813 – 1891) MD FRS. From 1859 – 1873, he was the first Head of the (new) Statistical Branch of the Army Medical Service; 1873 Surgeon General, President of the Royal Statistical Society. Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of London, President of the Royal Statistical Society, Surgeon to the Duke of York’s Asylum Chelsea, Honorary Physician to the Queen.