Photograph of six statues of a seated Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian chancellor to Pharaoh Djoser, High Priest of Ra and physician who was deified after his death. From top left to bottom right: 1. bronze statue on a wooden base purchased in Cairo in 1930 by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R12340/1936); 2. cast purchased in Munich in 1929 by the Museum and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4190/1937); 3. bronze statue purchased by the Museum in 1904 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R48/1936); 4. bronze statue on a bronze stand purchased in Cairo in 1931 by the Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R65/1936); 5. bronze statue on a wooden stand purchased in Cairo in 1931 by the Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R74/1936); 6. bronze statue on a wooden stand purchased in Cairo in 1932 by the Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R76/1936). The statues are not held by Wellcome Collection.
