M0006678: Portrait of John Abercrombie (1780-1844)

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of John Abernethy

Photograph of an oil painting of John Abercrombie (1780-1844), Scottish physician, philosopher and medical adviser to Scott. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 6th March 1931 (CC 5351).

2 April 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:CC 5351

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.