M0001849: Photographic portrait of Major Walter Reed, M.D. (1851-1902), U.S. Army physician

Date:: April 1931

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/17/41

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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: M0001809-M0001911WT/D/1/20/1/17
        M0001849: Photographic portrait of Major Walter Reed, M.D. (1851-1902), U.S. Army physicianWT/D/1/20/1/17/41

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M0001849: Photographic portrait of Major Walter Reed, M.D. (1851-1902), U.S. Army physician. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of Major W. Reed.

Description

Black and white reproduction of a photographic portrait of Major Walter Reed, M.D. (1851-1902), U.S. Army physician, from 1901. Major Reed led the team that confirmed the theory of the Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species, rather than by direct contact. The original portrait was created from a photograph taken in 1901, when Reed was aged 50.

Publication/Creation

April 1931

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 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 2020.

Terms of use

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