M0013971: Statue of Saint Lucy (4th century) / M0013972: Statue of Saint Ferdinand, king of Castile (13th century) / M0013973: Status of a Saint
- Date:
- 1955
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/125/39
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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Also known as
Previous title, replaced January 2022: A Saint.
Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Lucy (4th century).
Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Ferninand, king of Castile (13th century).
Description
Photograph of three statues of St Lucy (283-304), Ferdinand III of Castile (c.1199-1252) and an unknown male saint.
St Lucy is invoked against diseases of the eyes, haemorrhage and throat infections. The statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R596/1938) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.
The statue of Ferdinand item was purchased by the Museum in 1935 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4839/1937) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.
The statue of the unknown saint was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4844/1937) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.
Publication/Creation
1955
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R596/1938, acc. number R4839/1937 and acc. number R4844/1937
Copyright note
Copyright held by Wellcome Collection
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 2022.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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