M0005411: Diorama showing Evangelista Torricelli inventing the barometer
- Date:
- January 1938
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/44/39
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced November 2021: The discovery of the barometer: Torricelli experimenting in
Description
Photograph of a diorama produced by Ashenden for the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum to exhibit at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne held May-November 1937 in Paris. Ashenden made several dioramas for the Museum. This one is based on an oil painting by Ernest Board held by Wellcome Collection (reference 45911i)
Publication/Creation
January 1938
Physical description
1 photograph sheet film negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
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.
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