M0006979: Portrait possibly of Richard Wiseman (1622-1676)

Date:
4 July 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/59/70
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Credit

M0006979: Portrait possibly of Richard Wiseman (1622-1676). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of Richard Wiseman (?); early 20th century.

Description

Photograph of an oil painting, possibly of Richard Wiseman (1622-1676), English surgeon to King Charles II, standing with left hand on book. This work's subject was previously identified as Sir P. Lely. The painting was acquired at auction by Henry Wellcome on 27 January 1912 from Oppenheim and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 27th June 1947 (P234/1947).

Publication/Creation

4 July 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:P234/1947. Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negati

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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