M0014020: Two statues of Saint Tugean, Breton Saint invoked against rabies
- Date:
- June 1955
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Two carved wooden statues of Saint Tugean, Breton Saint invoked against rabies, wolves and hydrophobia. He is shown holding a key with a wolf or a dog. The first statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4745/1937). The second statue was purchased in 1934 and accessioned in 1938 (R442/1938). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.
Publication/Creation
June 1955
Physical description
1 photograph
glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm
glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R4769/1937 and R4745/1937 (image 194) and R442/1938 (image 19)
Copyright note
Copyright held by Wellcome Collection
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item Open.
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.
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Location of original
Wellcome Library; GB.
Location Access Closed storesCan't be requested Note