M0005603: Robert Liston performing the first surgical operation in England with ether as an anaesthetic, 21 December 1846

Date:
August 1938
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/46/14
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M0005603: Robert Liston performing the first surgical operation in England with ether as an anaesthetic, 21 December 1846. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced November 2021: Robert Liston operating.

Description

Photograph of an oil painting by Ernest Board (1877-1934), one of several paintings he was commissioned to paint by Sir Henry Wellcome, c.1912. Related images: M0005603EB

Publication/Creation

August 1938

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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 2021.

Terms of use

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

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