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Portrait of Thomas Lawson. Half-length, full face, wearing uniform and cap; in oval. Image caption on page 14 of the book US National Library of Medicine: "Thomas Lawson (1789-1861) was second Surgeon General of the Army, from 1836 to 1861."
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