Digital Commonwealth — Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Henry VIII in 1540 handing to Thomas Vicary the Act of Union between the Barbers and Surgeons of London
Baron, Bernard, 1696-1762 · 1736
Engraving, taken from an original painting by Hans Holbein the Younger, court painter to King Henry VIII. Depicts the formation of the Company of Barber-Surgeons by an Act of Parliament in 1540.
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