M0014030: Two wooden panels of Saint Agatha (right) and another female saint (left), possibly Mary Magdalene

Two carved wooden panels. The first depicts a female saint holding a vessel and lid. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R1418/1938). The second panel depicts St Agatha with her breasts on a salver in her left hand. It was acquired at an unknown point. The items 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 an entry for the first item: acc. number R1418/1938 (image 214)

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.