M0012188EA: Photograph of a wax plaque in a glass case showing the complete female figure (anterior or front view)

Date:
1951
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/108/73
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M0012188EA: Photograph of a wax plaque in a glass case showing the complete female figure (anterior or front view). Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2022: German wax plaque of female nude

Description

Reproduction of a wax plaque in a glass case showing the complete female figure (anterior or front view). The M Series register suggests the plaque is 19th century and German. It was acquired for the Wellcome Historical Museum in 1936 but is no longer held by Wellcome Collection. Related image: M0012188EB

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

2 photographs sheet film negative; 6 x 6 cm photographic print; 12 x 9 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R2561/1936

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

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