Stories
- Article
Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
- Interview
Inside the mind of Ayurvedic Man’s curator, Bárbara Rodriguez Muñoz
The choices a curator makes – what goes in? what stays out? why? – are often as fascinating as the exhibition itself.
Catalogue
- Journals
Scalpel & tongs.
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
M0000872: Roman instruments: tongs and needles
Date: 28 July 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/8/59Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0000869: Roman instruments: steelbar, tongs and tweezers
Date: 28 July 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/8/56Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching by J. Wagner after D. Maggiotto.
Maggiotto, Domenico, 1713-1794.Reference: 36438i- Pictures
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A hair-dresser accidentally severing a woman's locks with his curling tongs. Coloured lithograph.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 29745i