M0007429: Manuscript illustration of a man with spectacles clipped to the nose

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Early representation of spectacles clipped on the nose.

Photograph of an illustration from an unidentified manuscript dated 1417, depicting a man reading a manuscript with spectacles clipped on his nose.

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.

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