Physicians

Portrait of Menas Sarkas Gregory, MD (1872-1941). Dr. Gregory taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Medical Diseases (1918-1924) and Professor of Psychiatry (1924-1937) before becoming Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at New York University College of Medicine (1937-1941).

Portrait of John Perdue Gray, MD (1825-1886). Dr. Gray served as Professor of Psychological Medicine at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1875 to 1882.

Signed portrait of Henry Kenned Gaskill, MD (1872-1952), in military uniform. The signature beneath the image reads, “Henry K. Gaskill, Major, M.C., U.S.A.” Dr. Gaskill taught as professor of dermatology at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. He served in the marine corps during World War I.

Signed portrait of Edvard Laurits Ehlers, MD (1863-1937). Inscribed to "Dr. Howard Fox with Dr. Ehlers’ best greetings". Dr. Ehlers was a Danish dermatologist who, along with Henri-Alexandre Danlos, studied and identified the connective tissue disorders now known as Ehlers-Danlos syndromes.

Illustrated portrait of Menas Sarkas Gregory, MD (1872-1941). Dr. Gregory taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Medical Diseases (1918-1924) and Professor of Psychiatry (1924-1937) before becoming Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at New York University College of Medicine (1937-1941).

Carte de visite portrait of John Perdue Gray, MD (1825-1886). Dr. Gray served as Professor of Psychological Medicine at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1875 to 1882.

Portrait of Rowland Godfrey Freeman, Sr., MD (1859-1945). Dr. Freeman taught in the Pediatrics department of University Hospital and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1898 to 1930 and was then Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics from 1930 to 1945. From 1898 to 1911, he served as Chief of the Pediatric Clinic.

Portrait of Karl Murdock Bowman, MD (1888-1973). Dr. Bowman taught at New York University College of Medicine as Professor of Psychiatry from 1936 to 1941.

Signed and mounted portrait of Russel J. Fields, MD. Inscribed “To Howard Fox – a great teacher & a real gentleman. From Russell J. Fields.” Dr. Fields was a dermatologist specializing in venereal diseases. After obtaining his MD at Georgetown University, he received post-graduate training in dermatology at Bellevue Hospital.

Signed print of a 1916 portrait of Ferdinand-Jean Darier, MD (1856-1938), by the artist Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. The inscription reads, “Au Dr. Howard Fox, cordial souvenir (Paris, Copenhagen, Budapest), Dr. Darier.” Dr. Darier was an important French dermatologist who discovered many skin diseases, including the genetic skin condition Darier’s disease. From 1909 to 1922, he was head of the clinical department of the Hôpital Saint-Louis, a hospital with an international reputation as a center for dermatological research.