M0009470: Peruvian vessel shaped as a beggar holding a bowl

Date:
15 April 1946
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/83/36
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

Collection contents

Available online

view M0009470: Peruvian vessel shaped as a beggar holding a bowl

In copyright

It is possible this item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You may be able to use this digital item under a copyright exception, otherwise you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). These may be identified elsewhere in the catalogue record. Read more about copyright.

Read further guidance on copyright exceptions in the UK.

Credit

M0009470: Peruvian vessel shaped as a beggar holding a bowl. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Peruvian vessel of beggar holding a bowl.

Description

Photograph of a terracotta vessel purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 (accession number A104946). According to the index card for the accession, the vessel is in the form of a "seated beggar with modelled head, and face disfigured by disease; pressing bowl to his chest". The item is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

15 April 1946

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 2020.

Terms of use

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

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    		By appointmentManual request

Permanent link