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This is a portrait ca. 1664 by an anonymous artist (possibly by Augustine Clement) of Dr. John Clarke, a physician in New England. It is among the earliest American paintings, and the earliest of an American physician. It was donated to Boston Medical Library at Harvard University in 1901. It now hangs in Francis A. Countway Library, Harvard Medical School.

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One of the earliest American portraits showing Dr. John Clarke trepanning a skull.

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current06:12, 3 August 2010Thumbnail for version as of 06:12, 3 August 2010470 × 578 (44 KB)Beyond My KenImproved visibility
05:52, 4 November 2009Thumbnail for version as of 05:52, 4 November 2009470 × 578 (44 KB)SwampyankThis is a portrait ca. 1660 of Dr. John Clarke a physician in Newport Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts. It is among the earliest American paintings, and the earliest of a physician. It was donated to Boston Medical Library at Harvard University in
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