Dr Wall life celebrated

Catherine Phillips

08 August 2008

AN EXHIBITION to celebrate the tercentenary of the birth of Doctor John Wall will take place at Worcester Porcelain Museum.
John Wall was born in Powick, near Worcester 300 years ago, in October 1708.
During his life he was not only to have an enormous impact on the City of Worcester, but his work and hobbies affected the lives of thousands of people over many generations.
The Porcelain, Medicine and Music exhibition will explore and celebrate the life of this remarkable man
It will bring together some of Dr Wall’s original oil paintings, published writings and documents, Georgian medical instruments and fine 18th century porcelain.
Dr Wall was a busy and successful physician with a vast practice and was the first to diagnose Angina Pectoris as a heart condition.
He raised money for and founded the Worcester Royal Infirmary in Castle Street, then only the seventh outside London.
He founded a village spa at Malvern Wells and was the first to bottle Malvern Water.
In 1751 he founded the first Worcester Porcelain factory, a pioneering and risky commercial venture that was to provide employment and prestige for the city for over 250 years.
A lover of the Arts, he was also the treasurer of the Three Choirs Festival, writer and talented amateur artist.
The exhibition was opened by Henry Sandon MBE on Tuesday, July 8 and runs until October 1.
Worcester Porcelain Museum on Severn Street is open from Monday to Saturday from 9am until 5.30pm and on Sunday from 11am until 5pm.
Anyone wanting more information should log on to www.worcesterporcelainmuseum.org.

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