M0019313: Microscope designed and introduced by John Cuff in 1744

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Microscope designed and introduced by Cuff in 1744.

Photograph of a Cuff microscope signed "J. Cuff. Londini". It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 as part of the Nachet Collection and accessioned in 1949 (accession number R211/1949)

January 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card for the item: R211/1949

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.