M0008660: Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet (1778-1829)

Previous title, replaced September 2020: Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, FRS (1778 – 1829),

Oil painting of Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet (1778-1829), chemist and physicist. The work was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1940 (accession number R2237/1940). Related images: V0017828.

27 May 1942

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 45589i

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.

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