M0014121: Statue of Saint Lucy (Saint Lucia) / M0014122: Statue of Saint Pantaleon

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Lucy (13th December)

Previous title, replaced January 2022: St. Pantaleon holding book and staff:

Two wooden statues, one of St Lucy (also St Lucia) represented holding two eyes on a plate, invoked against haemorrhage, dysentary, ailments of the throat and eyes and contagious diseases. The other is of St Pantaleon (3rd century) physician, holding a book and staff. Invoked against famine caused by locusts and consumption. The statue of St Lucy was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R2422/1937). The statue of St Pantaleon was purchased by the Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R2420/1937). Neither are held by Wellcome Collection.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: acc. number R2422/1937 and acc. number R2420/1937

Copyright 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.