M0017642: Six Ancient Egyptian figures of Imhotep

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Imhotep, six Ancient Egyptian figures

Photograph of six statues of a seated Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian chancellor to Pharaoh Djoser, High Priest of Ra and physician who was deified after his death. From top left to bottom right: 1. bronze figure on an alabaster throne acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R40/1936); 2. bronze statue on a wooden based purchased in Cairo in 1933 by the Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R2943/1936); 3. bronze statue on a stone base purchased at auction by the Museum in 1920 and accessioned in 1927 (accession number R28479); 4. bronze statue acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R41/1936); 5. bronze statue on a wooden stand purchased in Paris in 1925 by the Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R61/1936); 6. bronze statue on a wooden stand acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R52/1936). The statues are not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R40/1936, R2943/193

Copyright is 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.