M0006727: Portrait of Herman Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-1894)
- Date:
- 2 April 1940
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/57/1
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Oil painting: portrait of H.L.F. von Helmholtz
Description
Photograph of a painting by H. Schadow of Herman Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-1894), German physicist and physician, in profile, 1894. The painting was acquired at auction from Stevens on 2-4th November 1931, Lot 109, and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 2nd December 1931 (CC 5493).
Publication/Creation
2 April 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:CC 5493.
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.
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request