M0008659: Portrait of a man holding flowers, said to be Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
- Date:
- 27 May 1942
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/75/69
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced September 2020: Portrait of Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778),
Description
Oil painting of a man said to be Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist. The work was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1941 (accession number R82/1941).
Publication/Creation
27 May 1942
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 581874i
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