M0017647: Seven Ancient Egyptian figures of Imhotep

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Imhotep, seven Ancient Egyptian figures

Photograph of seven statues of a seated Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian chancellor to Pharaoh Djoser, High Priest of Ra and physician who was deified after his death. From top left to bottom right: 1. bronze statue purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1921 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R77/1936); 2. bronze statue on a wooden base acquired by the Museum at an unkown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R45/1936); 3. bronze statue purchased in Paris by the Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R79/1936) 4. bronze statue on an alabaster base purchased at auction by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R56/1936); 5. bronze statue on a wooden base acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R43/1936); 6. bronze figure on a white marble throne purchased at auction by the Museum in 1924 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R64/1936); 7. bronze statue on a wooden base purchased in Cairo by the Museum in 1933 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R2943/1936). The statues are not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1959

2 photographs glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 9.5 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R77/1936, R45/1936, R79/1936, R56/1936, R43/1936, R64/1936 and R2943/1936

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 2022.

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