Stories
- Photo story
Portraits, from a distance
Join photographer Michelle Sank on her daily walk around Exeter. Strength, frustration, resilience and eccentricity all show in these candid images portraying life under the constraints of coronavirus lockdown.
- Article
Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
- Article
Native Americans through the 19th-century lens
The stories behind Rinehart's photographs may not be as black and white as they first appear.
- Article
Medieval doodles
Fish, lute players and defaced demons: marginal doodles in some of Europe’s first printed books provide a tantalising glimpse into the late-medieval mind.
Catalogue
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Portrait prints cataloguing Notes
Date: 1980sReference: WA/HMM/IC/3/T.7Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
Photographs of individuals: Presentation of portrait to Sir J Ledingham
Date: 20th century, undatedReference: SA/LIS/R.27Part of: Lister Institute- Archives and manuscripts
Groups and Portrait Photographs Unidentified
Date: c.1900-c.1980Reference: WF/M/I/PR/Z6Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Portraits arranged in alphabetical order of portrait subject
Date: 1930s-1950sReference: WA/HMM/IC/3/OPart of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Pictures
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale. Halftone print.
Date: [1892?]Reference: 644083iPart of: Imperial, royal and noble persons. Album of portrait prints collected by René de Beer, 1912 (?).