M0011935: Reproduction of illustrations showing the evolution of the brain of the primates created by Edgar Ashworth Underwood for the exhibition Prehistoric Man in Health and Disease held at Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1951

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Drawings of the brain of a primative mammal, gibbon, cercopithecus, macaque, gorilla by E. Ashworth Underwood

Reproduction of illustrations showing the evolution of the brain of the primates, including a primative mammal, gibbon, cercopithecus, macaque and gorilla for comparison. The illustrations were created by Edgar Ashworth Underwood (1899-1980), Director of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library between 1946-1964, for the exhibition Prehistoric Man in Health and Disease held at Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1951.

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the catalogue for the exhibition depicted in the glass plate negative.

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 2022.

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