M0016410: Carved wooden figure used as an apothecary's sign

Previous title, replaced March 2022: An Apothecaries sign 'at the sign of the Moor'

Two photographs of a Bavarian carved wooden male figure used as an apothecary's sign, c.1750. On one side the figure is naked with a girdle of leaves or feathers. The other side is an anatomical figure, half muscle, half skeleton. The photographs were sent to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by a Dr. Luz with a view to selling them.

September 1957

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.