M0007307: Illustration depicting medical iconography
- Date:
- 6 September 1940
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/62/82
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Photograph of an engraving by Nessenthaler depicting medical iconography including medical tools and instruments, a physician or apothecary followed by the grim reaper, a botanical manuscript and the head of Esculapius. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 22nd July 1936 (PHO 8663).
Publication/Creation
6 September 1940
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 10 x 12.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 8663.
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.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request