PORTRAIT OF DR. PETER LEONARD, M.D., STANDING FULL LENGTH, IN NAVAL UNIFORM

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ROBERT DOWLING (C.1877)
PORTRAIT OF DR. PETER LEONARD, M.D., STANDING FULL LENGTH, IN NAVAL UNIFORM
SIGNED AND DATED 'R DOWLING/1877' (LOWER RIGHT), SIGNED AND INSCRIBED 'DR LEONARD MD/PAINTED BY R DOWLING/27 COLEHERNE ROAD/WEST BROMPTON/JUNE 1877' ON THE REVERSE
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54 X 36IN. (137.2 X 91.5CM.)

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DR. PETER LEONARD, ONE OF THE ROYAL NAVY'S INSPECTORS-GENERAL OF HOSPITALS AND FLEETS, WAS BORN IN 1801 AND JOINED THE NAVY AS A SURGEON IN 1823. PROMOTED FLEET SURGEON IN 1829, HE WAS DEPUTY INSPECTOR-GENERAL AT CHATHAM AND THEN HASLAR, BEING APPOINTED INSPECTOR-GENERAL IN MARCH 1865. HE ORGANISED THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NAVY'S MEDICAL SERVICES IN 1866 PRIOR TO HIS RETIREMENT IN SEPTEMBER THE SAME YEAR, AND DIED IN MAY 1888.

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