M0019389: Portrait of Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698-1759)

Date:: March 1963

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/172/60

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: M0019316EA-M0019437WT/D/1/20/1/172
        M0019389: Portrait of Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698-1759)WT/D/1/20/1/172/60

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Portrait of P.L. Moreau de Maupertuis after Tournieres; 1737

Description

Line engraving after R. Tournières, 1737, of Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) French mathematician and philosopher. Related images: V0003925

Publication/Creation

March 1963

Physical description

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 6395i

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.

Terms of use

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