M0013748: Two statues of men on crutches

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Orthopaedics

Photograph of two figurines: an old man on crutches with "Old Age" written on the base and a one-legged man with a peg-leg and crutch. The first was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1925 and accessioned in 1940 (accession number R2488/1940). The second was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1916 and accessioned in 1914 (accession number R2067). Neither item is held by Wellcome Collection.

October 1954

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R2488/1940.

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.