Antall József szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 46-47. (Budapest, 1968)

KISEBB KÖZLEMÉNYEK - ELŐADÁSOK - Antall József: Semmelweis korabeli arcképei (Angol nyelven)

pictures, preserved by the family, have seen several publications and have passed into the hands of the Semmelweis Medical Historical Museum and where they can be seen in the Semmelweis memorial room [5]. (Size: 34x26 cms.). This picture served as model for a picture (1883) by Mór Than (1828-1899) [6] as well as for later ones including a portrait by a living artist, István Boldizsár [7], III. A photo of Ignác Semmelweis, taken in 1858, shows him in a grey tailcoat. The original copy was presented to the Medical Historical Museum of the Budapest Medical Association in 1906 by dr. Arthur Irsai, it was published in 1938 by Korbuly and later by Beruti [8]. This original photo has not been recovered after the second world war, so it is known only from the earlier publications. IV. There is a photo of Ignác Semmelweis from 1860 by F. Kozmata, a photographer in Pest, preserved for us in B ruck's book [9]. The whereabouts of the original were not known by Korbuly either. A copperplate in 1894 by Jenő Doby, a drawing at the same time by Károly Cserna (in the Vasárnapi Újság), another oil-painting by Mór Than (1884) [10] and numerous other subsequent representations were based upon that one. Jenő Doby on his picture of 1894 "had I. Semmelweis 1830 körül. Landau Lénárt olajfestménye (Semmelweis Orvostörténeti Múzeum — Budapesti Történeti Múzeum) II. Semmelweis 1857-ben. Canzi Ágost vízfestménye (Semmelweis Orvostörténeti Múzeum)