M0006719: Portrait of William Gordon (1801-1849)

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of Doctor Gordon, standing- left hand on hip and right hand in waistcoat front.

Photograph of an oil painting, possibly of William Gordon (1801-1849), physician and fellow of the Linnean Society of London, with left hand on hip and right hand in waistcoat front. This painting was acquired at auction from Fosters 8th March 1916, Lot 90, and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 8th January 1930 (CC 5106).

2 April 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:CC 5106.

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.