M0007046: Manuscript illustration depicting an Alchemical allegory

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Alchemical allegorical figure.

Photograph of an illustration from an unidentified 16th century manuscript on alchemy, possibly held by Saxon State and University Library Dresden. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 24th August 1935 (PHO 3766).

30 July 1940

1 photograph sheet film negative; 16.3 x 11.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 3766.

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.