M0005018: Sir Henry Wellcome's coffin in the Wellcome Research Institute
- Date:
- 6 November 1936
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/41/4
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced November 2021: Sir Henry Wellcome's coffin
Description
Photograph of Sir Henry Wellcome's coffin, taken from the platform looking towards the gallery of the Lecture Hall, Wellcome Research Institute, 183 Euston Road, London. Between his death on 25th July 1936 and his cremation at Golders Green Crematorium on the 29th, Sir Henry Wellcome's body lay in state in the Wellcome Research Institution, 183 Euston Road, in what is now the auditorium of Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0005019, M0005020
Publication/Creation
6 November 1936
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 25.3 x 30.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: WA/HSW/PH/A.14
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.
Copyright note
Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request