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Credit
M0012625: Portrait of Richard Russell (1687-1759). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
M0012625: Portrait of Richard Russell (1687-1759)
- Date:
- July 1952
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/112/89
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2022: Richard Russell: "Sea-bathing Russell"
Description
Photograph of a watercolour painting by Henry Wilkin after Benjamin Wilson of Richard Russell (1687-1759), a British physician famous for encouraging his patients to bathe in and drink sea water as a form of treatment, c.1755. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (PD 83-3-13).
Publication/Creation
July 1952
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative:38613i
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 2022.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request