M0001319: Portrait of René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Original line engraving by N. Habert ( active 1688-1715), after Frans Hals (1584-1666)

Date:: 23 September 1930

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/12/30

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  - 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: M0001271-M0001398WT/D/1/20/1/12
        M0001319: Portrait of René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Original line engraving by N. Habert ( active 1688-1715), after Frans Hals (1584-1666)WT/D/1/20/1/12/30

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M0001319: Portrait of René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Original line engraving by N. Habert ( active 1688-1715), after Frans Hals (1584-1666). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of Rene Descartes, 1/2 length

Description

Black and white reproduction of a portrait of René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Original line engraving by N. Habert ( active 1688-1715), after Frans Hals (1584-1666) held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: V0001547

Publication/Creation

23 September 1930

Physical description

2 photographs glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm photographic print; 15.6 x 11 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 2474i

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.