M0018798: Portrait of Anthony Askew (1722-1774)

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Portrait of Anthony Askew.

Reproduction of an engraving from a model in unbaked clay by Chetqua of Anthony Askew (1722-1774) English physician and book collector. Published in Macmichael, William: The gold-headed cane, London : J. Murray, 1827. At the time the negative was made the original engraving was held by the Royal College of Physicians.

September 1961

1 photograph sheet film negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative: EPB/B/34751/1 and EPB/B/34751/2

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.