M0017157: The Cuff compound microscope, 18th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: The Cuff compound microscope.

Photograph of Cuffs "newly constructed double microscope" signed "J. Cuff Londini Inv & Fecit". It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem as part of the Nachet Collection in 1929 and given accession number A62993. It was re-registered in 1949 (accession number R211/1949). It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A62993).

December 1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R211/1949

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

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