M0020026: Three pairs of spectacles from the 18th century

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Three pairs of spectacles from the 18th century

Photograph of three pairs of 18th century glass. From left to right: a pair with concave lenses; a pair with double lenses, one set of which screw into the frame; and a steel pair with oval concave and convex lenses. The items were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at unknown points and accessioned in 1920 (accession number R21998). 1918 (accession number R10430) and 1917 (accession number R5955) respectively. Related images: M0020025

March 1965

2 photographs sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 9 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R21998, R10430 and R5955

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.