M0005449: Cures taking place at a sacred well, oil on panel

Date:
March 1938
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/44/74
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

Collection contents

Available online

view M0005449: Cures taking place at a sacred well, oil on panel

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

M0005449: Cures taking place at a sacred well, oil on panel. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Byzantine Plaque: Eastern Holy Wells in which where built 'Fountains of Youth'. Painting, Coptic School.

Description

Photograph of a Coptic school oil on wood panel depicting cures taking place at a sacred well. It was purchased in Athens by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930 and acessioned in 1931 (accession number CC 5288). The photograph was compiled by Captain Johnston-Saint, a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum employee, for his Royal Society of Medicince lecture in 1938

Publication/Creation

March 1938

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:CC 5288

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 2021.

Terms of use

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

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    		By appointmentManual request

Permanent link