M0011976: Reproduction of an engraved portrait of Paul Chamberlin (1635-1717)

Date:
1951
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/106/68
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M0011976: Reproduction of an engraved portrait of Paul Chamberlin (1635-1717). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Portraits of Chamberlen family.

Description

Reproduction of an engraved portrait of Paul Chamberlin (1635-1717), a member of the Chamberlin family to whom the invention of the obstetrical forceps is attributed. The M series registersuggests that the date on the engraving should read 1688 instead of 1658. The item was previously held in the Prints & Drawings department at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, but could not be located in Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

2 photographs glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm photographic print; 16 x 11.5 cm

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.

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