M0010201: Bust of Galen (129-c.200)

Date:: 02 September 1947

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/89/100

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

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: M0010096-M0010213WT/D/1/20/1/89
        M0010201: Bust of Galen (129-c.200)WT/D/1/20/1/89/100

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Drawing: a marblebust said to be a portrait

Description

Photograph of a drawing of a bust of Galen (129-c.200) Roman physician and surgeon also known as Aelius Galenus and Claudius Galenus. The photograph was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession number PHO 7583)

Publication/Creation

02 September 1947

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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 2021.

Terms of use

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