M0017395: Ten African statues

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Ten African statues, effegies

One of the earliest X-ray photographs to be made in the UK, from an original plate made by Sidney Rowland in 1896. It was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1939 and accessioned in 1939 (accession number R791/1939). Related images: V0030063

1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 21.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 577235i

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.