Photograph of a painting of Louis Pasteur by Albert Edelfelt, working in his laboratory. Pasteur holds a glass bottle that he studies and he leans on a table covered with bottles of chemicals and books.

On the mount that the photograph is adhered to is a note written by Pasteur: 'A son A.R. le Prince de Galles/en souvenir de la visite dont il a honori l'Institute Pasteur / 19 Octobre 1888 / L Pasteur / Paris le 19 Oct 1888'. [To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales / in memory of his visit to the Pasteur Institute / 19 October 1888 / L Pasteur]