3-052-718 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Dr. Godwin, 1880. Illustration to a short story. 'Dr. Godwin is, above all, a man of broad sympathies and a large heart, or his practice would never have become so extensive...Dr. Godwin, member of the college of surgeons of Edinburgh, and a physician, is a gentleman of pleasant aspect, some sixty years old or thereabouts. His upright figure seems built for hard wear and activity; his square shoulders and muscular limbs give proof of great physical strength. The calm expression of his face, his clear, blue eyes, and healthy complexion announce nerves of rare steadiness and habits of moderation in all things. His hair and beard, both somewhat thin, are white as snow; but his step is as elastic as that of a man in the prime of life; and his temper is so sunny that age seems to have come upon him merely as a genial autumn day, when all the finest fruits of the year are still ungathered'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.