M0006687: Portrait of James Blundell (1790-1878)

Date:
2 April 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/56/61
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Credit

M0006687: Portrait of James Blundell (1790-1878). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of James Blundell

Description

Photograph of an oil painting by H. Room, of James Blundell (1790-1878), English obstetrician who performed the first successful blood transfusion. The painting was acquired at auction from Fosters on 22nd February 1929, Lot 704 and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 18th June 1929 (CC 4977).

Publication/Creation

2 April 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:CC 4977

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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