M0007658:Surgery scene with patients being treated

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Interior of a surgery with a woman having blood let from the

Photograph of a framed oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck depicting the interior of a surgery with a woman having blood let from her arm, a surgeon treating a man's injured foot, and other figures. A caption attached to the frame titles the work 'A Barber-Surgeon' and attributes the work to R. Brakenburg, likely for display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 9th August 1939 (P1331/1939). Related images: V0017551

24 January 1941

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 45003i; Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative: P1331/1939

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.

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