Bedford, Gunning S., 1806-1870

Photograph of an illustrated portrait of Gunning Samuel Bedford, MD (1806-1870). Dr. Bedford taught at University Medical College as Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women from 1841 to 1864.

Series of individual portraits set in illustrated frames and labeled “Medical Faculty of the University of New York and the Founders of the Medical Department.” Clockwise from upper left corner: Valentine Mott, MD, Professor of the Principles and Operations of Surgery, with Surgical and Pathological Anatomy; Theodore Frelinghuysen, Chancellor; Granville Sharp Pattison, MD, Professor of General, Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy; Martyn Paine, MD, Professor of the Institutes of Medicine and Materia Medica; John William Draper, MD, Professor of Chemistry; Gunning S. Bedford, MD, Professor of Midwifery and the Diseases of Women and Children; John Revere, MD, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine.

Signed engraving of a photographic portrait of Gunning Samuel Bedford, MD (1806-1870). Dr. Bedford taught at University Medical College as Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women from 1841 to 1864.