M0008614: Sir Henry Wellcome on board ship on the river Nile, 1900

Previous title, replaced September 2020: Sir Henry Wellcome on board ship on the river Nile.

Photograph of Sir Henry Wellcome taken during his first trip to Africa in 1900. Sudan had recently come back into British control, and Wellcome offered his support towards the country's reconstruction. Related images: M0008615EA, M0008615EB

May 1942

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: WA/HSW/PH/K

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 is held by Wellcome Collection

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