M0000958: Portrait of Captain James Weddell (1787-1834)

Date:: 29 July 1930

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/9/13

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0000919-M0001064WT/D/1/20/1/9
        M0000958: Portrait of Captain James Weddell (1787-1834)WT/D/1/20/1/9/13

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M0000958: Portrait of Captain James Weddell (1787-1834). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Oil painting on ivory panel of James Weddell (1787-1834), British sailor and navigator by P.G. Dodd in 1828. The item was part of a polar exhibition held in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's central hall in July 1930.

Publication/Creation

29 July 1930

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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 2020.

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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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