M0002442: Portrait of Jacques Cartier (1494-1552) / M0002443: Portrait of Vasco da Gama (c.1460s-1524)

Date:
04 November 1931
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/20/96
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of Jacques Cartier (1494-1552).

Description

Right-hand side of the plate: Photograph of possibly a painting of Jacques Cartier (1494-1552), French explorer, reproduced from an unidentified publication. Left-hand side of the plate: Photograph of possibly a painting of Vasco da Gama (c.1460s-1524), Portuguese explorer, reproduced from an unidentified publication.

Publication/Creation

04 November 1931

Physical description

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

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 2020.

Terms of use

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

Subjects

Where to find it

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