M0006759: Portrait of Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892)

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08 April 1940
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M0006759: Portrait of Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Wellcome Library; GB.

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Description

Photograph of an oil painting of Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), English biologist, anatomist and paleontologist, showing head and shoulders. The painting was acquired at auction from Stevens on 15th August 1930, Lot 234, and accessioned by the Wellcome Hi

Publication/Creation

08 April 1940

Physical description

1 photograph
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:CC 5448.

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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.

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