M0007612: Portrait of William Harvey (1578-1657)

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of William Harvey [1578 - 1657], surgeon

Photograph of a framed oil painting by G. Hillyard Swinstead after Cornelius Jansse, of William Harvey (1578-1657), English physican, 1919. A caption has been attached to the frame, likely for display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 4th January 1939 (P29/1939).

22 January 1941

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative: P29/1939

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.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.