M0001641: Portrait of William Marsden (1796-1867), English surgeon and founder of the Royal Free Hospital, London

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of William Marsden.

Black and white reproduction of a portrait of William Marsden (1796-1867), English surgeon, with the following lettering underneath: "William Marsden, M.D., Surgeon. Founder of the Royal Free Hospital, 1828. This portrait painted by T. H. Illidge, Esq. was presented to the hospital by one hundred and eight govenors, 1850." The reproduction was taken from the original oil painting at the Royal Free Hospital, London and is not held by Wellcome Collection. The film negatives were taken by Mr Fletcher on 30/12/1966, as replacements for the original glass plate negative from February 1931.

30 December 1966

3 photographs sheet film negatives; range in size from 6 x 6 cm photgraphic print; 12.3 x 7.7 cm

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.