M0014105: Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi / M0014106: Statue of a saint, probably Saint Francis of Assisi / M0014107: Statue of Saint Luke

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Luke (18th October).

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Francis of Assisi (4th October).

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Statue , probably Saint Francis of Assisi.

Three wooden statues, one of St Francis of Assisi (c.1181-1226) Italian friar and preacher invoked against headaches and plague, one probably of St Francis of Assisi and one of St Luke, patron saint of physicians. The first statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R584/1938). The second was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and the third was purchased by the Museum in 1929 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R438/1938). None of the statues are 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 two of the items: acc. number R584/1938 and acc. number R438/1938

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.