M0001928: Reproduction of two depictions of "The plague doctor"

Date:: May 1931

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/18/14

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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- 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: M0001912-M0002212WT/D/1/20/1/18
        M0001928: Reproduction of two depictions of "The plague doctor"WT/D/1/20/1/18/14

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M0001928: Reproduction of two depictions of "The plague doctor". In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Plague of Marseilles: costumes for plague doctors.

Description

Black and white reproduction of a page from a book with two depictions of "The plague doctor". The caption underneath the images reads: "The costume used by physicians during the plague in Marseilles in 1720. The snout was filled with spices presumed to purify inhaled air. On the right is a German caricature of this dress." The reproduction is from Haggard, Howard W.: Devils, drugs, and doctors : the story of the science of healing from medicine-man to doctor New York : Blue Ribbon Books, [1929], page 209. Related images: M0001918, M0001920, M0001921, M0001922, M0001923, M0001926, M0001927, M0001941EA

Publication/Creation

May 1931

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds an edition of the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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 2020.

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