M0017160: Chest microscope signed "Dollond, London", c.1800

Previous title, replaced March 2022: A chest microscope signed 'Dollond, London', circa 1800.

Photograph of a chest microscope and its box. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1955 and accessioned in 1955 (accession number R19/1955). It is now held by the Science Museum.

December 1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R19/1955

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.