M0013747: Pair of terracotta figures: an old blind man and woman, Spanish

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Pair of figures - an old man (A) and an old woman (B). Pottery (terra cotta). Spanish.

Terracotta figures of a blind man and woman seeking alms on wooden stands. The figures were modelled by Senor Cubero. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1919 (accession numbers R11325 and R11324. They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

October 1954

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: acc. number R11324 and R11325 (images 163 and 165)

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.