M0008534: Sir Henry Wellcome on a motoring tour of Kent

Date:
25 March 1942
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/74/63
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M0008534: Sir Henry Wellcome on a motoring tour of Kent. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced September 2020: H.S. Wellcome with his car

Description

Photograph of Sir Henry Wellcome standing by his car during a motoring tour of Kent. Wellcome was a keen motorist in an age when the car was in its infancy and ownership of a vehicle was a sign of prestige and importance. The pub in the picture has been identified as the Swan Hotel in Appledore, about 60 miles away from Wellcome's then home in Hayes, Kent.

Publication/Creation

25 March 1942

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: WA/HSW/PH/C.1

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 2020.

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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