M0004174: The Count of Chinchón receiving Cinchona root

Previous title, replaced May 2020: The Count of Chinchon receiving Chinchona-root.

A black and white reproduction of a fresco painting depicting the Count of Chinchón receiving the root of Cinchona from a Peruvian servant. The painting is located in the Ospedale di Santo Spirito, Rome. It was believed that cinchona was good for treating malaria.

5 February 1935

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm photographic print; 10 x 11.5 cm

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 2021.

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