M0019790: Portrait of Sir Astley Paston Cooper (1768-1841)

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Sir Astley Paston Cooper -Portrait medallion in stone

Photograph of a stone medallion of Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Baronet (1768-1841) British surgeon and anatomist. It was formerly on the front of the Western General Dispensary, Marylebone. After the building was demolished the medallion was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1964 (accession number R9/1964)

January 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provide an entry for the item: R9/1964

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.

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