M0007265: Male anatomical wax figure

Date:
6 September 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/62/44
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M0007265: Male anatomical wax figure. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Photograph of a small anatomical wax figure of a man, laid down with internal organs exposed, taken from above. The figure was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 26th November 1919 (11643) and again on 7th May 1936 (R2364/1936) but is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0007256.

Publication/Creation

6 September 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 11643 and R2364/1936.

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 2020.

Terms of use

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

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