M0006541EB: Portrait of Janet Porter, head nurse at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary / M0006541EC: Old surgical hospital, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / M0006541ED: East façade of the University of Edinburgh

Date:
23 January 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/55/23
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M0006541EB: Portrait of Janet Porter, head nurse at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary / M0006541EC: Old surgical hospital, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / M0006541ED: East façade of the University of Edinburgh. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Three images on one negative:

- Reproduction of a photograph of Janet Porter (1810-1890), head nurse at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary who worked with Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (1827-1912), British surgeon. The photograph is from a portrait presented to the Royal Infirmary by members of the nursing staff upon Porter's death. The reproduction is from an unknown publication.

- Photograph of the exterior of the old surgical hospital, an extension to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

- Drawing of the east façade of the University of Edinburgh Old College, as built in 1827. The work is from an unknown source.

Publication/Creation

23 January 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

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.

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