M0011456: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display: daguerreotype photomicrographs made by Leon Foucault
- Date:
- 1950
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/101/89
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
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About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced April 2021: Daguerreotype - photomicrographs made by Leon Foucault
Description
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display of twelve daguerreotype photomicrographs made by Leon Foucault originally published as Illustrations to Donne's Atlas (1845) which accompanied his Cours de microscopie (1844). The daguerreotypes were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1929 and accessioned in 1950 (accession numbers R1/1950, R2/1950, R3/1950, R4/1950, R5/1950, R6/1950, R7/1950 and R8/1950). Related imagers: M0011457
Publication/Creation
1950
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Copyright note
Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection
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 2021.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesOpen Can't be requested