M0005604: Portrait of Robert Liston (1794-1847)

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Portrait of Robert liston when a student.

Painting by John Limmell of Robert Liston (1794-1847) British surgeon. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1912 and accessioned in 1930 (accession number CC 5175).

18 August 1938

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number CC 5175

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 2021.

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