M0014031: Statue of Saint Florian / M0014032: Statue of Saint Teresa of Avila, reformer of the Carmelite Order

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Florian

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Teresa of Avila, the Reformer of the Carmelite Order.

Photograph of two wooden statues. One is of St Florian (250-c.304) patron saint of chimney sweeps, soap makers and firefighters and the other is of Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) known as the Reformer of the Carmelite Order. The statue of St Florian was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R2416/1937). It isnot held by Wellcome Collection. The statue of St Teresa was purchased at auction in 1931 by the Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accessioned number R605/1938). In the accession register it is recorded as being a statue of St Catherine of Sienna. The statue was removed from the Museum's collection in 1965.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provide an entry for the item: acc. number R2416/1937 and acc. number R605/1938

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

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.

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