M0004151: The Countess of Cinchon cured of her fever at Lima, Peru

Previous title, replaced May 2020: The Countess of Cinchon cured of her fever at Lima.

A reproduction of a photograph of a fresco painting that illustrates the story of Don Luis Jeronimo de Cabrera y Bobadilla, Count of Chinchón, who was persuaded to give to his wife, Doña Francisca Henriquez Ribera, Countess of Chinchón, a native remedy (bark of the tree subseqently called cinchona) to cure her intermittent fever. On the left is a native Peruvian bringing supplies of the bark from the jungle, in the centre is the count, and on the right is the countess.

23 January 1935

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16 x 12cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 47364i

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.