M0014026: Three statues of Saint Anthony the hermit

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Anthony

Three statues of Saint Anthony the hermit (c.468-c.520) also known as Anthony of Lerins invoked against plagues, epidemics, carbuncles and skin infections. The first was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1929 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4762/1937). The second was purchased in Seville in 1917 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4762/1937) and the third was acquired by the Museum in 1930 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R440/1938). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R4766/1937 and R4762/1937 (image 198) and R440/1938 (image 17)

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.