M0011957: Reproduction of the Rolls Park portrait of William Harvey (1578-1657)

Previous title, replaced May 2022: The Rolls Park portrait of William Harvey.

Reproduction of the Rolls Park portrait of William Harvey (1578-1657). The M series register written in 1951, describes the reproduction as "Painting at Rolls Park, near Chigwell, Essex. Identified by Geoffrey Keynes as William Harvey and confirmed" in The portraiture of William Harvey London : Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1949, plate 3. The original portrait was "painted between 1620-1630 making it the earliest known portrait. Picture now in N.P.G." Related images: M0015721, M0015998

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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.