M0014060: Judith, Old Testament character holding the head of Holophernes / M0014061: Statue of Saint Sebastian / M0014062: Statue of Saint Peter, Apostle

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Peter, Apostle (29th June).

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Judith, the character from the Old Testament with the head of Holophernes.

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Sebastian, the most renowed of the Roman martyrs (3rd century).

Three wooden statues of Judith holding the head of Holophernes, Saint Sebastian (c.256-288) tied to a tree, and Saint Peter, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. The statue of Judith was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1932 and given accession number A112430. St Sebastian is invoked against plague and epidemics. His statue was purchased by the Museum and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4810/1937). St Peter is invoked against hydrophobia, serpent bites, possession by the devil and fever, all of which are connected with miracles wrought by him. The statue was purchased by the Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R425/1938). None of the statues are held by Wellcome Collection.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide an entry for two of the items: acc. number R4810/1937 and acc. number R425/1938

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.