A wooden collection box for the benefit of plague victims, carved in low relief with the figure of Saint Roch as a pilgrim. Photograph.

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A wooden collection box for the benefit of plague victims, carved in low relief with the figure of Saint Roch as a pilgrim. Photograph. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The base of the box has the words: "Pour les pestiférés" carved in low relief

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1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; sheet 17 x 12 cm

Lettering

Aacassagh (?) Lettering hand-written on mount, appears to be a signature but indistinct. Mount also bears a stamp from the "Musée Historique la Medecine á Lyon"

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Wellcome Collection 34730i

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