M0013183: Letter from Henry Wellcome to his mother, 1888

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Letter by Sir H. Wellcome to his mother

Photograph of a letter from Henry Wellcome to his mother dated December 1888, in which he expresses his admiration for the explorer H. M. Stanley.

October 1953

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: WA/HSW/FP/E.7

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.