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The International Medical Congress held in London in 1881 was the largest medical meeting held up to that date. It publicised the case for using living animals in medical experiments, and it gave physicians and surgeons from many countries the chance to hear of the new science of bacteriology from speakers such as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. People attending from North America included the head of the Surgeon-General's Library, John Shaw Billings, and the young Canadian doctor William Osler, who later became a revered teacher and writer. The festivities included a garden party given by Angela, Baroness Burdett-Coutts. She had inherited a banking fortune, which she used for many philanthropic projects, using Charles Dickens as one of her advisers.
Title
Baroness Burdett-Coutts' Garden Party at Holly Lodge, Highgate, for the International Medical Congress, 1881
Date
1881–1882
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 135 x W 200 cm (E)
Accession number
47362i
Acquisition method
purchased by Henry S. Wellcome, c.1900–1936
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
A. P. Tilt 1882
