M0012104: Reproduction of a portrait of Ernst Boris Chain (1906-1979), German-British biochemist and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945

Previous title, replaced May 2022: E.B. Chain

Halftone reproduction of a portrait of Ernst Boris Chain (1906-1979), German-British biochemist and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Sir Howard Florey for their discovery of the therapeutic properties of penicillin. The reproduction is from Masters, David (1883-1965): Miracle drug : the inner history of penicillin London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, held by Wellcome Collection.

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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 2022.

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