M0000143: Native American man attending a sick child

Date:: 19 July 1929

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/3/16

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0000125-M0000242WT/D/1/20/1/3
        M0000143: Native American man attending a sick childWT/D/1/20/1/3/16

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M0000143: Native American man attending a sick child. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: An American Indian medicine man attending a sick child

Description

Painting by Valentine Walter Bromley depicting a Native American man attending a sick child, created in 1876. The original painting is held by the British Museum (museum number: Am2006,Ptg.3)

Publication/Creation

19 July 1929

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds a photograph of the painting depicted: 580832i

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.