M0007420: Display of artficial eyes

Date:
6 September 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/63/75
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Ancient Egyptian Artificial eyes of Glass, obsidian, bone and alabaster.

Description

Photograph of a selection of artificial eyes as displayed in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum taken from the front showing frame and caption. The eye furthest to the left on the top row was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 23rd June 1920 (11865). Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 16th October 1935 (PHO 5390). Related images: M0007418.

Publication/Creation

6 September 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.8 x 13.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for one of the items depicted in the glass plate negative: 11865. Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another ph

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 2020.

Terms of use

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

Where to find it

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