Hugh Williamson, M.D., L.L.D. (1735–1819)
Asher Brown Durand American
After John Trumbull American
Not on view
This is one of nineteen prints that Durand engraved for Herring and Longacre's "National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans," published in 1835. Born in West Nottingham, Pennsylvania, Williamson trained as a Presbyterian minister, then pursued medical studies in Europe. After returning to Philadelphia, he practiced medicine, pursued scientific interests and became a member of the American Philosophical Society. After witnessing the Boston Tea Party, he traveled to London where he became a close friend of Benjamin Franklin. In 1776 he returned to the United States, settled in North Carolina and became surgeon-general of state troops. After the war, he and served two terms in the U.S. Congress, moved to New York and devoted his later years to writing educational, economic, historical, and scientific works.
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