M0001975: Close-up photograph of the arm piece (without hand) from the iron hand of Clephane, also known as the Hand of Carslogie, a 16th century iron prosthetic hand formerly in the posession of the family Clephane of Carslogie

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Hand of Clephane, arm piece only.

Detail of the arm piece from the iron hand of Clephane, also known as the Hand of Carslogie, a 16th century iron prosthetic hand formerly in the posession of the family Clephane of Carslogie. The photographs were taken at Compton Wynyates, near Banbury, at the estate of the Marquess of Northampton in June 1931. Related images: M0001971, M0001972, M0001973, M0001974, M0001976, M0001977, M0001978

June 1931

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

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 2020.

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