M0014713: Portrait of John Shaw Billings (1838-1913) / M0014714: Portrait of Friedrich Kruchenberg (1871-1946)

Date:: June 1956

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/131/52

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - 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: M0014662-M0014762WT/D/1/20/1/131
        M0014713: Portrait of John Shaw Billings (1838-1913) / M0014714: Portrait of Friedrich Kruchenberg (1871-1946)WT/D/1/20/1/131/52

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2021: John Shaw Billings. Photograph.

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Friedrich Kruchenberg. Photograph.

Description

Two images on one negative. The first is a photograph after a painting of John Shaw Billings (1838-1913) American librarian and surgeon. The painting was presented to the Surgeon-General's Library, Washington. Related images: V0026049. The second is a photograph of Friedrich Ernst Kruchenberg (1871-1946) German physician. Related images: V0026659

Publication/Creation

June 1956

Physical description

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the items depicted in the glass plate negative: 12362i and 13022i

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 2021.

Terms of use

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