Library Artwork Collection // MEDSpace

The Library’s artwork collection has a wide selection of portraits, prints, paintings, maps, sculptures, and busts. It includes portraits of Duke faculty members, paintings of the US Army 65th General Hospital, and a bust and portrait of James B. Duke. The Chatham Collection contains prints from the 1800s and 1900s and was donated to the library in the 1930s by Thurmond Chatham and features Audubon illustrations, race horses, and numerous harbor scenes. One seascape painting is attributed to Sir William Osler. The Library is also the repository for various bronze plaques that were initially installed in the School of Medicine when located in the Davison building.

List of items in this collection
	Title
	Spaniels. 1872 Print 118
	Cumberland Gap 1872 Print 98
	The Famous War Engine "General" of the Western & Atlantic R. R. 1862? Print 46
	Miss Farrar, Mrs. Trent, and Mrs. Farrar in Old Hosptial Library 1950s Black and white photo of early library staff and Mrs. Trent in original library reading room.
	Ajax 1904 Print 126. Framed horse picture.
	Young Judith Farrar undated Portrait of Judith Farrar, first librarian of the Duke Medical Library, as a child.
	Untitled -- Beach Scene 2 undated Beach scene.
	Untitled -- Beach Scene 1 undated Beach scene.
	Poli Atrici. Et circumiacentium, terrarum descriptio novissima 1638 Print 115. An early map of the polar regions
	An Anxious Moment 1892 Print 2

Total Works (176)