M0015482: Lord Horatio Nelson's medicine chest: external view

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Lord Nelson's medicine chest.

Photograph of a medicine chest which belonged to Lord Nelson and was carried in his cabin on the Victory. It was purchased at auction in 1908 and accessioned in 1941 (accession number R7/1941). Related images: M0015483, M0015483EA, M0015484

November 1956

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R7/1941

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.

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