M0018052: Portrait of Father Damien (1840-1889)

Date:
May-June 1960
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/161/16
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Portrait of Father Damien (Joseph de Veuster)

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of Father Damien, born Jozef de Veuster (1840-1889) Roman Catholic priest. Published in Weymouth, Anthony: Through the leper-squint : a study of leprosy from pre-Christian times to the present day, London : Selwyn & Blount, 1938

Publication/Creation

May-June 1960

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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 2022.

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This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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