M0012185EB: Photograph of a wax plaque showing a foetus in utero

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/108/66

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
        M0012185EB: Photograph of a wax plaque showing a foetus in uteroWT/D/1/20/1/108/66

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M0012185EB: Photograph of a wax plaque showing a foetus in utero. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Wax plaque of female anatomy and embryo

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of a wax plaque showing a foetus in utero. The M Series register suggests the plaque is 19th century and German. It was acquired for the Wellcome Historical Museum in 1951 but is no longer held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0012185EA, M0012185EC

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

2 photographs sheet film negative; 6 x 6 cm photographic print; 12.7 x 10.2 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R197/1951

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.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.