M0005410: Diorama of a medieval alchemist at work in his laboratory

Date:
January 1938
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/44/38
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M0005410: Diorama of a medieval alchemist at work in his laboratory. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Medieval Alchemist at work, Diorama

Description

Photograph of a diorama based on a painting by E. L. G. Isabey. The diorama was produced by Ashenden for the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum to exhibit at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne held May-November 1937 in Paris. Ashenden made several dioramas for the Museum

Publication/Creation

January 1938

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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 2021.

Terms of use

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

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