M0006718: Portrait of Sir William Withey Gull (1816-1890)

Date:
2 April 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/56/92
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Credit

M0006718: Portrait of Sir William Withey Gull (1816-1890). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Oil painting of Sir W.W. Gull

Description

Photograph of an oil painting by G. Matthews, of Sir William Withey Gull (1816-1890), English physician, with lettering. The painting was acquired at auction from Bonhams on 24th September 1915, Lot 633, and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 8th January 1930 (CC 5121). Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 2nd June 1939 (PHO 11521).

Publication/Creation

2 April 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:CC 5121 and PHO 11521

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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