M0014882: The figure of an old woman, small carving in wax

Previous title, replaced October 2021: The figure of an old woman, small carving in wax.

Photograph of a small carving in wax of an old woman, previously described as the figure of a witch. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1918 (accession number R10468). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

August 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 10 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R10468

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 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.