M0014036: Statue of Saint Caradec / M0014037: Statue of Saint Languc / M0014038: Statue of Saint Isidore the Labourer

Date:
1955
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/125/95
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Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Isidore.
Previous title, replaced January 2022: A Saint.
Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Languc.

Description

Carved wooden statue of St Caradec, a French saint. The statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1927 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R569/1938). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Wooden statue of St Languc. The statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R581/1938). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Wooden statue of St Isidore the Labourer (c.1070-1130) patron saint of farmers and invoked against drought. The statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1929 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R420/1938). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

1955

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: acc. number R569/1938, acc. number R581/1938 and acc. number R420/1938

Copyright note

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

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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