M0002654: Portrait of William Chamberlen (1619-1689).

Date:
01 December 1931
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/22/39
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Credit

M0002654: Portrait of William Chamberlen (1619-1689). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of W. Chamberlayne.

Description

Photograph of framed engraving of William Chamberlayne (1619-1689), English poet, with handwritten caption underneath the frame, possibly as displayed in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The caption erroneously identifies him as William Chamberlain (1560-1728), the inventor of obstetric forceps. Related images: M0002655; V0001060

Publication/Creation

01 December 1931

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 1702i

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.

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