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Portrait of Arthur Eugene Ewing, by Richard E. Miller, n.d. (probably, early 1920s). Oil on canvas, framed, with protective glass, total dimensions 39.25 x 37.25 inches. A brass plaque on the base of the frame reads: “ARTHUR EUGENE EWING / DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY / 1895-1929.” Ewing was a professor of clinical ophthalmology, 1902-1921. The portrait hung for several years in the lobby of Clopton auditorium in the Wohl Clinics building, but only as a loan to the School by the family of the subject. In 1968 it was damaged, and repaired the following year by art conservator Josephine Lockwood. In July 1969 it was sent to the home of Charlotte Ewing, a daughter of the subject, in Pasadena, California. The portrait returned to the School in 1978 as the gift of Miss Ewing’s cousin, Philip Shahan. It was for a time on display in the Steinberg Gallery of Art. It was returned to the School of Medicine in 1990. It was restored by Hal Blagbrough, Jr., of Blagbrough Galleries, Inc., St. Louis in 1994. |
