M0006710: Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665)

Date:: 2 April 1940

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/56/84

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0006625-M0006726WT/D/1/20/1/56
        M0006710: Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665)WT/D/1/20/1/56/84

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Credit

M0006710: Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of Sir K. Digby, before restoration

Description

Photograph of an oil painting, after Anthony Van Dyke, before restoration, of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), English courtier, natural philosopher, and astrologer. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 10th April 1933 (CC 8191).

Publication/Creation

2 April 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:CC 8191

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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