M0008695: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome aged eleven

Previous title, replaced October 2020: H.S. Wellcome aged eleven

Photograph of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) taken in 1864 or 1865, the earliest known image of him.

18 September 1942

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds a photographic print of the image: WA/HSW/PH/A.1

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 2020.

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