M0011983A: Photograph of a copy of a fumigating torch carried for protection against bubonic plague in the 17th century

Photograph of a copy of a fumigating torch carried for protection against bubonic plague in the 17th century. In the bottom right hand corner, next to the scale, is a label with the identifier "115561". The item was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and is now held by the Science Museum (object number: A115561).

1951

2 photographs sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 11.9 x 9 cm

The Science Museum's collection database has a detailed entry for this item.

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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