COOPER, ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)  British Surgeon & Anatomist

Original Steel Engraving, 5” x 8 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ½” x 4 ½” image, imprinted “Painted by Sir Tho[ma]s Lawrence, P.R.A.   Engraved by J. Cochran.  SIR ASTLEY-PASTON COOPER, BART.  F.R.S.…FISHER SON & CO.  LONDON 1831.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with superficial staining and several light surface creases in the margins.