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Henry Wellcome: in costume as: monk 4 [3 originals, 3 copies], warrior [4 originals, 1 copy]
Includes a previously individually catalogued photograph, WA/HSW/PH/A.7/1: Full length photographic portrait of Henry Wellcome in the costume of a monk, 1885, which had the following interpretation note: "This image dates from 1885 and is part of a series of photographs taken of Wellcome in 'fancy dress'. Other pictures include Wellcome as a sailor, a thoughtful Hamlet and wearing a head-dress of unknown origin. Despite the jollity of these images and his social networking during this period, Wellcome still comes across in his personal papers as a rather solitary individual: a man more comfortable organising parties than attending them." See M0007862.

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