M0011812: Reproduction of a photograph of a prehistoric cup-marked boulder found resting on a child's grave from an unknown publication

Date:: April 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/105/14

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0011799-M0011901WT/D/1/20/1/105
        M0011812: Reproduction of a photograph of a prehistoric cup-marked boulder found resting on a child's grave from an unknown publicationWT/D/1/20/1/105/14

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Cup-marked boulder found resting on a child's grave, Prehistoric.

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of a pre-historic cup-marked boulder found resting on a child's grave. The M series registersuggests that "if these carvings are the work of Mousterian people, then they are the oldest sculptures known, and the boulder is the most ancient inscribed gravestone". Related images: M0011813, M0011814

Publication/Creation

April 1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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 2022.

Terms of use

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