M0010950: Compound Microscope, possibly Italian, c.1752

Date:
February 1949
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/97/16
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M0010950: Compound Microscope, possibly Italian, c.1752. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Compound Microscope signed "Johannes de Guevave".

Description

Compound microscope mounted on an ornamental wooden base, signed "D. Joannes de Guevara F. 1752". The microscope was obtained by Sir Frank Crisp in Naples. It was then purchased at auction in 1925 by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1926 (accession number R17700 and R44/1949). It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A56307)

Publication/Creation

February 1949

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item (acc. number R44/1949 image 129)

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

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