M0017095: Part of a pair of spectacles found in the destruction layer of St. Leonards Hospital, dissolved in 1559

Date:
1958
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/153/73
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Previous title, replaced March 2022: Part of a pair of spectacles found in St. Leonards Hospital.

Description

Photograph of a section of a pair of spectacles found in the destruction layer of St. Leonards Hospital, which was dissolved in 1559. At the time the photograph was made the item was held by the Yorkshire Museum.

Publication/Creation

1958

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.

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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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