M0011783: Reproduction of an aquatint by T. Rowlandson with lettering "Amputation" underneath, 1793

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/104/85

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: M0011692-M0011798WT/D/1/20/1/104
        M0011783: Reproduction of an aquatint by T. Rowlandson with lettering "Amputation" underneath, 1793WT/D/1/20/1/104/85

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M0011783: Reproduction of an aquatint by T. Rowlandson with lettering "Amputation" underneath, 1793. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2022: 'Amputation'

Description

Reproduction of an aquatint by T. Rowlandson with lettering "Amputation" underneath the illustration. The original aquatint is described asFive surgeons participating in the amputation of a man's leg while another oversees them and states that it was published in 1793. The M series register has the date listed as 1785.

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

9 photographs glass plate negative, sheet film negatives, slide transparencies; range in size from 5 x 5 cm to 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 11636i

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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