M0016481: Portrait of William Withering (1741-1799) and vignette of him analysing the waters of the Queen's Bath

Date:: December 1957

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/148/33

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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- 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: M0016447-M0016549ECWT/D/1/20/1/148
        M0016481: Portrait of William Withering (1741-1799) and vignette of him analysing the waters of the Queen's BathWT/D/1/20/1/148/33

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced March 2022: William Withering, portrait (top, in oval), and Withering an

Description

Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1801, after C. F. von Breda. At the top is a portrait of William Withering (1741-1799) English botanist and physician, in an oval. Below is a vignette of him analysing the waters of the Queen's Bath (Caldas de Rainha) at the request of the Portugese Court. It was published as a plate to R.J. Thornton, Sexual system of Linnaeus, London, 1807. Related images: V0006336

Publication/Creation

December 1957

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 9731i

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

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