M0015423: Statue of the Ancient Greek Goddess Hygeia

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Statue of Hygeia

Photograph of a cast of a statue held by the Vatican. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1933 and accessioned in 1935 (accession number R120/1935). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

October 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R120/1935

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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 2021.

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