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English physician Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689) as an old man

Print. Dutch engraver and printmaker Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780), Amsterdam, after Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680). Lely was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. (Courtesy of the Rijkmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Public domain. Illustration restored, edited, and rematted by Dr. Douglas J Lanska.)

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