M0016186EA: Greek hydria (water carrier), late 5th century BC

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Greek hydria (water carrier)

Photograph of a Greek hydria (water carrier) decorated with a red frieze of ephebus and women, painted by 'Hephaestas'. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1923 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R330/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0016186EB

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: accession number R330/1936.

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 2021.

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