M0006726: Portrait of Joseph Hume (1777-1855)

Previous title, replaced May 2020: John Robert Hume (?). Oil painting.

Photograph of an oil painting of John Robert Hume (1781-1857), Scottish surgeon and physician. This painting was acquired at auction from Robinson & Fisher on 15th October 1923, Lot 155, and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 8th January 1930 (CC 5104). Related images: V0017904.

2 April 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative:45665i. Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:CC 5104.

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.

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