M0012187EB: Photograph of a wax plaque showing the male anatomy, in particular the genital organs

Date:
1951
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/108/72
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M0012187EB: Photograph of a wax plaque showing the male anatomy, in particular the genital organs. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: German wax plaque showing the male anatomy: male genital organs

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of a wax plaque showing the male anatomy, in particular the genital organs. The M Series register suggests the plaque is 19th century and German. It was acquired for the Wellcome Historical Museum in 1936 but is no longer held by Wellcome Collection. Related image: M0012187EA

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

2 photographs sheet film negative; 6 x 6 cm photographic print; 11.5 x 10 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R2560/1936

Notes

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.

Terms of use

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

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