M0011956: Portrait of Peter Lowe (circa 1550-1610), Scottish surgeon and founder of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Portrait of Peter Lowe

Reproduction of a portrait of Peter Lowe (circa 1550-1610), Scottish surgeon and founder of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. The portrait is from the frontispiece to Duncan, Alexander: Memorials of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1599-1850 : with a sketch of the rise and progress of the Glasgow Medical School and of the medical profession in the west of Scotland Glasgow : Maclehose, 1896, held by Wellcome Collection.

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.