M0012115: Photograph of window transparencies showing cave paintings at Altamira and Font-de Gaume for the exhibition Prehistoric Man in Health and Sickness held at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, in 1951

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/107/99

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0012009-M0012116WT/D/1/20/1/107
        M0012115: Photograph of window transparencies showing cave paintings at Altamira and Font-de Gaume for the exhibition Prehistoric Man in Health and Sickness held at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, in 1951WT/D/1/20/1/107/99

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Wellcome Exhibition: Prehistoric man in health and disease.

Description

Photograph of the window transparencies showing cave paintings at Altamira and Font-de Gaume for the exhibition Prehistoric Man in Health and Sickness held at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Portman Square, London in April 1951. Related images: M0004781, M0004816, M0004829, M0004858, M0011842, M0011843, M0011844, M0012138, M0012139, M0012140, M0012141, M0012142, M0012143, M0012144

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the catalogue for this exhibition

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 2022.

Terms of use

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