M0014030: Two wooden panels of Saint Agatha (right) and another female saint (left), possibly Mary Magdalene

Date:
1955
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Description

Two carved wooden panels. The first depicts a female saint holding a vessel and lid. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R1418/1938). The second panel depicts St Agatha with her breasts on a salver in her left hand. It was acquired at an unknown point. The items are not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

1955

Physical description

1 photograph
glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the first item: acc. number R1418/1938 (image 214)

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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