Robert Laughlin Rea

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Oil on canvas portrait of Dr. Robert Laughlin Rea by artist Carol Aus. Photo of framed portrait, measuring 131 cm H x 42 cm W x 107 cm D, housed in Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. The plaque, measuring 10.2 cm H x 15.2 W x 2.5 cm D, reads: Robert Laughlin Rea, M.D., Professor of Anatomy, 1878 to 1882 Northwestern University Medical School. The portrait was unveiled at the dedication of the Montgomery Ward Memorial Building in June 1927 and added to the collection of the Archibald Church Library. (Source: p. 70 IN: Dedication of the Montgomery Ward Memorial Building, Northwestern University Medical School, Alexander McKinlock Memorial Campus, Chicago, c.1929, Northwestern University Medical School)

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