M0014020: Two statues of Saint Tugean, Breton Saint invoked against rabies

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Tugean, with a key and wolf biting dog.

Two carved wooden statues of Saint Tugean, Breton Saint invoked against rabies, wolves and hydrophobia. He is shown holding a key with a wolf or a dog. The first statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4745/1937). The second statue was purchased in 1934 and accessioned in 1938 (R442/1938). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

June 1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R4769/1937 and R4745/1937 (image 194) and R442/1938 (image 19)

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.