M0011740: Reproduction of an illustration of the brain from Andreas Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica, 1543

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/104/47

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

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: M0011692-M0011798WT/D/1/20/1/104
        M0011740: Reproduction of an illustration of the brain from Andreas Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica, 1543WT/D/1/20/1/104/47

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Drawing of the brain, by Vesalius.

Description

Reproduction of a cropped illustration of the brain from Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564: Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, scholae medicorum Patauinae professoris De humani corporis fabrica libri septem... Basel: Oporinus, Joannes, 1543, page 25. The original glass plate negative shows more of the page that the illustration was reproduced from. Related images: M0011741, M0011744, M0011747, M0011748, M0011749, M0011750, M0011751, M0011752, M0011753, M0011754, M0011755, M0011756, M0011757, M0011758, M0011759, M0011760, M0011761, M0011762

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative. A freely available digitised version can also beviewed here.

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 2022.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.