M0014078EA: Statue of Our Lady, the Virgin Mary / M0014078EB: Saint Michael the Archangel

Date:
1955
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Two wooden statues, one of Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, as represented as in the painting by Bartolome Esteban Murillo known as "The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables", and one of Michael the Archangel invoked against sudden death and by people on their deathbed. The first statue was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R615/1938). The item second was accessioned in 1955 (accession number R36/1955). Neither is held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

1955

Physical description

1 photograph
glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide an entry for the items: acc. number R615/1938 and acc. number R36/1955

Copyright note

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Terms of use

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

Notes

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.

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Location of original

Wellcome Library; GB.
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