M0002334: Reproduction of an oval-shaped portrait of Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789-1872), also known as Colonel Chesney, British general and explorer

Date:: 08 September 1931

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/20/20

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
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  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0002315-M0002451WT/D/1/20/1/20
        M0002334: Reproduction of an oval-shaped portrait of Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789-1872), also known as Colonel Chesney, British general and explorerWT/D/1/20/1/20/20

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Colnl. Chesney

Description

Black and white reproduction of an oval-shaped portrait of Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789-1872), also known as Colonel Chesney, British general and explorer. The reproduction is possibly the portrait photograph taken from the frontispiece of his biography by Chesney, Louise and O'Donnell, Jane: The Life of the late General F.R. Chesney W.H. Allen, 1885, and is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

08 September 1931

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 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 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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