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Portrait of Carl A. Moyer, M.D., by Fred Conway, n.d. Oil on canvas, framed, total dimensions 51 x 41 inches. A brass plaque on the base of the frame reads: “CARL A. MOYER, M.D. / BIXBY PROFESSOR OF SURGERY / 1951-1965 / ‘THE GREAT POSSESSION OF ANY UNIVERSITY IS ITS GREAT NAMES… / NOT ITS WEALTH, NOR THE NUMBER OF ITS SCHOOLS, / NOT THE STUDENTS WHO THRONG ITS HALLS / BUT THE MEN WHO HAVE TRODDEN IN ITS SERVICE THE THORNY ROAD THROUGH TOIL.’ / OSLER / PRESENTED TO WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE BY HIS STUDENTS.” Moyer declined to sit for the portrait, and instead Conway based his work on a photograph, a print of which is in the Archives visual collections. |
