M0000755: Portrait of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer and physicist / M0000756: Portrait of Thomas Linacre (1460-1524), English humanist scholar and physician

Date:: 09 May 1930

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/7/60

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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: M0000687-M0000809WT/D/1/20/1/7
        M0000755: Portrait of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer and physicist / M0000756: Portrait of Thomas Linacre (1460-1524), English humanist scholar and physicianWT/D/1/20/1/7/60

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M0000755: Portrait of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer and physicist / M0000756: Portrait of Thomas Linacre (1460-1524), English humanist scholar and physician. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: Engraving: portrait of Galileo; by F.

Description

Two portraits on one slide: Line engraving portrait of Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaulti de Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer and physicist, by P. Bettelini after T. Minardi after D. Cresti, in 1624. Related images: V0002120. Stipple engraving portrait of Thomas Linacre (1460-1524), English humanist scholar and physician by Henry Cook in 1810. Related images: M0004948, V0003575.

Publication/Creation

09 May 1930

Physical description

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the items depicted in the glass plate negative: 3362i and 5822i

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.

Terms of use

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

Subjects

Physicists

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