M0006677: Portrait of John Abercrombie (1780-1844)

Date:: 27 March 1940

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/56/51

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
        M0006677: Portrait of John Abercrombie (1780-1844)WT/D/1/20/1/56/51

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M0006677: Portrait of John Abercrombie (1780-1844). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of J. Abercrombie.

Description

Photograph of a painting by William Dick, of John Abercrombie (1780-1844), Scottish physician, philosopher and medical adviser to Scott. The painting was acquired at auction from Robinson & Fisher on 16th October 1913, Lot 100, and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 8th January 1930 (CC 6552). Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 25th May 1939 (PHO 11550).

Publication/Creation

27 March 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:PHO 11550 and CC 6552

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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