M0015225: Well head: Renaissance copy of an ancient original in Madrid

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Well head; Renaissance copy of ancient original in Madrid.

Photograph of a section of a Renaissance copy of an ancient well head held by the Prado Museum, Madrid. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1935 (accession number R22/1935). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0015226, M0015227, M0015228, M0015229

September 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R22/1935

Copyright is 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 2021.

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