M0005615: Portrait of Pliny the Elder (c.23-79 A.D.)

Date:
18 August 1938
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/46/27
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M0005615: Portrait of Pliny the Elder (c.23-79 A.D.). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Reproduction of a drawing of Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder) c.23-79 A.D.) Roman naturalist and natural philosopher. Originally from Zsamboki, Janos: Veterum aliquot ac recentium medicorum philosophorumque icones, 1603 and reproduced in Gardner, E. A: A handbook of Greek sculpture, London: 1896-1897

Publication/Creation

18 August 1938

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.

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