M0011722: Portrait of David Samwell (1751-1798)

Photograph, 1928, after an etching by Chretien, 1798, after a drawing by Fouquet, of David Samwell (1751-1798) Welsh naval surgeon and poet. It was part of a set of images compiled for the proposed work The History and Lore of Cymric Medicine, a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum study that was never published. Related images: V0028786, M0011721, M0011723, M0011724 M0011726, M0011727, M0011728, M0011729, M0011730, M0011731, M0011732, M0011733, M0011734, M0011735, M0011736

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative: EPB/C/24654

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.

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