M0006695: Portrait of William Hellier Baily (1819-1888)

Previous title, replaced May 2020: William Hellier Bailey. Geologist

Photograph of a painting of William Hellier Baily (1819-1888), palaeontolgist and geologist, holding a rock specimen and a hammer. The painting was acquired at auction from Stevens on 25-28th October 1932, Lot 338, and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 3rd January 1933 (CC 7755).

2 April 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:CC 7755

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.