M0014123: Two statues of Saint Anthony

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Anthony

Two wooden statues of St Anthony the hermit (c.468-c.520) also known as Anthony of Lerins. Invoked against plagues, epidemics, carbuncles and skin infections. The items were purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1917 and accessioned in 1938 (accession numbers R600/1938 and R601/1938). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: acc. number R600/1938 and R601/1938

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.