M0002562: Portrait medal of Luigi Galvani (1737-1798)

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Medal portrait of Luigi Galvani.

Photograph of a portrait medal depicting Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), an Italian physician and pioneer of bioelectromagnetics. The medal is inscribed 'Aloysus Galvanus, T. Mercandetti, F.R'. This object is not held by Wellcome Collection.

25 November 1931

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.