John Lumsden Propert (9 April 1834 – 7 March 1902) was an English physician and art critic.

Biography

Propert was born on 9 April 1834. He was the son of John Propert (1792–1867), surgeon, by his wife Juliana Ross. His father founded in 1855 the Royal Medical Benevolent College, Epsom, of which he was long treasurer. Propert was educated at

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(Aug. 1843–Dec. 1847), and at

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. He obtained the diploma of the

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and the licence of the

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in 1855, and in 1857 he graduated M.B. with honours in medicine at the

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. He then joined his father in general practice in New Cavendish Street, London, and became highly successful. Propert was widely known in artistic circles as a good etcher and a connoisseur of art. His house, 112 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, was filled with beautiful specimens of Wedgwood, bronzes, and jewelled work. He was credited with being one of the first to revive the taste for miniature painting in England. His very fine collection of miniatures was dispersed by sale in 1897. He published in 1887 'A History of Miniature Art, Notes on Collectors and Collections,' and compiled in 1889, with introduction, the illustrated catalogue of the exhibition of portrait miniatures at the Burlington Fine Arts Club. Propert died at his house in Gloucester Place on 7 March 1902, and was buried at

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. He married in 1864 Mary Jessica, daughter of William Hughes of Worcester, and had three sons and three daughters, of whom a son and three daughters survived him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Propert, John Lumsden 1834 births 1902 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors 20th-century English people English art critics Alumni of the University of London Burials at Brookwood Cemetery People educated at Marlborough College