M0002759: Portrait of Sir William Fergusson (1808-1877)

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Sir William Fergusson (1808-1877)

Reproduction of photogravure of Sir William Fergusson (1808-1877), Scottish surgeon, by the Swan Electric Engraving Company, after Rudolph Lehmann. It was acquired at auction in December 1931 by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library as part of a bigger lot (PD 186-2-1), and retrospectively accessioned after 1936.

07 January 1932

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:PD 186-2-1.

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.