M0009182: WHMM display item: anatomical eye by Giovanni Battista Verle of Venice

Date:: 17 August 1945

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/80/68

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

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: M0009112-M0009216WT/D/1/20/1/80
        M0009182: WHMM display item: anatomical eye by Giovanni Battista Verle of VeniceWT/D/1/20/1/80/68

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Artificial eye made by Gio. Battista Verle of Vernice

Description

Photograph of a display item from the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: a replica anatomical eye made of ivory by Giovanni Battista Verle of Venice, used in conjunction with the work Anatomia Artifiziale dell occhio umano, 1678, seen behind. To the right is a page of illustrations of the eye. The item is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0009183

Publication/Creation

17 August 1945

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.

Terms of use

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