M0007660: Barber-Surgeon operating on the head

Date:
24 January 1941
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/65/98
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M0007660: Barber-Surgeon operating on the head. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: Barber-Surgeon operating on the head.

Description

Photograph of a framed oil painting, possibly of the Spanish School, c.17th century, depicting a barber-surgeon operating on the head. A caption has been attached to the frame, likely for display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 5th October 1939 (P1687/1939).

Publication/Creation

24 January 1941

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative: P1687/1939

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.

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