M0014090: Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi / M0014091: Statue of Saint Philip Neri / M0014092: Statue of Saint Yves

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Yves.

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Francis of Assisi (4th October).

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Philip Neri (26th October).

Three statues, one of St Francis of Assisi (c.1181-1226) Italian friar and preacher invoked against headaches and plauge, one of St Philip Neri (1515-1595) known as the Second Apostle of Rome and one of St Yves, patron saint of lawyers and the poor, invoked for success in business. The statue of St Francis was purchased in Seville by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4846/1937). The statue of St Philip was purchased by the Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4806/1937) and the statue of St Yves was acquired by the Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R163/1938). None of the statues 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 R4846/1937, acc. number R4806/1937 and acc. number R163/1938

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.