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Portrait No. 35

Artist: Lam Qua (1801-1860)

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

Description: Man with a braid and shaved head seated, 3/4 turn, facing viewer's left - 1/2 length. Giant cyst off the right cheek.

*Descriptive notes provided by Karina Corrigan, Jack Lee, and Dr. William Strole.