M0005614: Portrait of Thales of Miletus (c.624-c.548 B.C.)

Date:
18 August 1938
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WT/D/1/20/1/46/26
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M0005614: Portrait of Thales of Miletus (c.624-c.548 B.C.). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Thales of Miletus

Description

Reproduction of a drawing of Thales of Miletus, Greek mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. Originally from Zsamboki, Janos: Veterum aliquot ac recentium medicorum philosophorumque icones, 1603 and reproduced in Gardner, E. A: A handbook of Greek sculpture, London: 1896-1897

Publication/Creation

18 August 1938

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 2021.

Terms of use

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

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