A man designated as John Burgise (Burges), a surgeon. Oil painting, ca. 1900 (?).

John Burges is mentioned in The annals of the barber-surgeons of London, ed. Sidney Young, London 1890, p. 317, entry for 1573 dealing with a complaint against him. The painting shows a man at half-length holding a book, with a skull and an hourglass behind