M0007494: Diorama model of a 16th century hospital ward

Date:: 6 September 1940

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/64/42

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0007447-M0007566WT/D/1/20/1/64
        M0007494: Diorama model of a 16th century hospital wardWT/D/1/20/1/64/42

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M0007494: Diorama model of a 16th century hospital ward. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Hospital Ward of the 16th century.

Description

Photograph of a diorama model depicting a scene in a 16th century hospital ward. The model was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 22nd October 1935 (PHO 5561).

Publication/Creation

6 September 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 21.6 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 5561.

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.