M0001929: Reproduction of an illustration captioned "The plague in Marseilles in 1720. The scene shows convicts disposing of the dead by throwing the bodies into the bastions of the sea wall
- Date:
- May 1931
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/18/15
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Convicts disposing of the plague victims
Description
Reproduction of an illustration, possibly from an unknown publication, captioned "The plague in Marseilles in 1720. The scene shows convicts disposing of the dead by throwing the bodies into the bastions of the sea wall." The reproduction is from Haggard, Howard W.: Devils, drugs, and doctors : the story of the science of healing from medicine-man to doctor New York : Blue Ribbon Books, [1929], page 209. Related images: M0001918, M0001920, M0001921, M0001922, M0001923, M0001926, M0001927, M0001941EA
Publication/Creation
May 1931
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds an edition of the publication depicted in the glass plate negative
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.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request