Photograph of William Alexander Cole

Date:
[between 1879 and 1900?]
Reference:
3320364i
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Description

Black and white photograph of William Alexander Cole posed leaning against an upholstered wooden chair and wearing a long double breasted dark frock coat. William Alexander Cole qualified from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 1901 and practised in Lagos as a medical officer in the colonial medical service from 1902-1942.

Publication/Creation

Spalding : George Beales ; [between 1879 and 1900?]

Physical description

1 photograph ; 10.6 x 6.2 cm

Lettering

Inscription on the verso in black ink identifies the sitter and dates the image as 1879. However based on a recorded birth date of Cole, it seems more likely the image was taken in the 1880s or 1890s.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3320364i

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer for identification purposes.

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