M0012173: Photograph of two medallions, one depicting St. George and the dragon, which were worn by sailors as amulets to prevent drowning

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/108/53

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: M0012117-M0012212WT/D/1/20/1/108
        M0012173: Photograph of two medallions, one depicting St. George and the dragon, which were worn by sailors as amulets to prevent drowningWT/D/1/20/1/108/53

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M0012173: Photograph of two medallions, one depicting St. George and the dragon, which were worn by sailors as amulets to prevent drowning. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Medallion of St. George and the Dragon.

Description

Photograph of two medallions, one depicting St. George and the dragon. According to the M series register they were worn by sailors as amulets to prevent drowning, and sold near London Docks. The medallions were previously part of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine but are no longer held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 8.3 cm

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.

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