M0009455: Agni, Vedic fire god, from Laignel-Lavastine: Histoire generale de la medecine

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Agni, god of fire.

Reproduction of a carving of Agni, the Vedic fire god who corresponds to one of the elements in the composition of the body, published in Laignel-Lavastine, M: Histoire générale de la médecine, de la pharmacie, de l'art dentaire et de l'art vétérinaire, volume II, Paris : Albin Michel éditeur, [1936-1949]. The original carving is held by the Guimet Museum, France

15 April 1946

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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.

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