M0013953: Statue of Saint Martin of Tours (4th century)

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Martin of Tours (IV century).

Statue of St Martin, Bishop of Tours (316-397) sharing his cloak with a beggar. St Martin was invoked against skin infections and complaints. The item was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R2423/1937) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10 x 12.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provide an entry for the item: acc. number R2423/1937 (image 28)

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.