M0017648: Six Ancient Egyptian figures of Imhotep

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Imhotep, six Ancient Egyptian figures

Photograph of six statues of a seated Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian chancellor to Pharaoh Djoser, High Priest of Ra and physician who was deified after his death. From top left to bottom right: 1. bronze statue purchased in London by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1926 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R71/1936); 2. bronze statue acquired by the Museum at an unkown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R66/1936); 3. bronze statue on an alabaster base purchased by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R49/1936) 4. bronze statue purchased in Paris by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R50/1936); 5. bronze statue on a wooden base purchased in Cairo by the Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R75/1936); 6. bronze statue on a wooden base acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R38/1936). The statues are not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1959

2 photographs glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 9.5 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R71/1936, R66/1936, R49/1936, R50/1936, R75/1936 and R38/1936

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 2022.

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