M0018213: French achromatic microscope by Nachet, c.1850

Previous title, replaced October 2020: French achromatic microscope, circa 1850, by Nachet.

Photograph of a characteristic example of a conntinental European microscope of the period. It was given to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1913 and accessioned in 1949 (accession number R256/1949). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

August 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R256/1949

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.