M0012189: Photograph of two wax plaques, one showing the foetus in utero (left) and one showing the foetus at five different stages of development (right)

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/108/75

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- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0012117-M0012212WT/D/1/20/1/108
        M0012189: Photograph of two wax plaques, one showing the foetus in utero (left) and one showing the foetus at five different stages of development (right)WT/D/1/20/1/108/75

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Obstetrics: wax plaques showing female anatomy, 19thC

Description

Photograph of two wax plaques one one plate, one showing the foetus in utero (left) and one showing the foetus at five different stages of development (right). The M Series register suggest the plaques are 19th century and German. They were acquired for the Wellcome Historical Museum in 1936 but are no longer held by Wellcome Collection.

The image on the left is similar to M0012185EB and the image on the right is similar to M0012186EA.

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. numbers R2563/1936 and R2564/1936

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 2022.

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