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DGH1 - Records of Crichton Royal Hospital
- 7 - Recreation and Occupation
  - 3 - Art
    - 1 - Art in Madness - Early Patient Artwork

Ref No	DGH1/7/3/1/15
Title	William Bartholomew - Portrait of James Yorstoun Thorburn
Description	Medium: Pen and ink Size: 31.3 x 18.4 Inscription reads, '19 June 1855', 'James Yorstoun Thorburn. Chevalier of the Grand Cross of Poland. To Cowper James Yorstoun Thorburn with Papa's love. June 19th 1855. Sketched by Wm Bartholomew Esq of Edinburgh'. The sketch accompanies a letter to Thorburn's son. Thorburn was also a patient at Crichton Royal Institution and Southern Counties Asylum.
Date	1855
Related Material	Art works by unknown artist attributed to William Bartholomew: Unknown - Caerlaverock Castle and Sketch and Text, DGH1/7/3/1/100; Unknown - Figure of Eglinton, DGH1/7/3/1/101; Unknown - Fatuity, Francesco Secondo Draco Cordova, DGH1/7/3/1/102; Unknown - The British Balloon, DGH1/7/3/1/103; Case Books, DGH1/5/21. Lothian Health Service Archive holds some notebooks kept by William Bartholomew during his time as a patient at Royal Edinburgh Hospital, GD16, Papers of the Medical Superintendents of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Drawings by William Bartholomew are held at Edinburgh University Special Collections, Medical Diagrams, Illustrations and Photographs used by Thomas Laycock, Professor of the Practice of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
Format	Drawing

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