M0012230: Male anatomical 'life and death' figure in wax, front view

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/109/21

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: M0012213-M0012312WT/D/1/20/1/
        M0012230: Male anatomical 'life and death' figure in wax, front viewWT/D/1/20/1/109/21

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M0012230: Male anatomical 'life and death' figure in wax, front view. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced March 2022: Male anatomical 'life and death' figure in wax, right hand side of figure fully clothed, left side skeleton only

Description

Photograph of a male anatomical 'life and death' figure in wax, right hand side of figure fully clothed, and left side skeleton only, as viewed from the front. This item was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R30808) but is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0012231, M0012232

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R30808

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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.