M0013971: Statue of Saint Lucy (4th century) / M0013972: Statue of Saint Ferdinand, king of Castile (13th century) / M0013973: Status of a Saint

Date:
1955
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Photograph of three statues of St Lucy (283-304), Ferdinand III of Castile (c.1199-1252) and an unknown male saint.

St Lucy is invoked against diseases of the eyes, haemorrhage and throat infections. The statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R596/1938) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

The statue of Ferdinand item was purchased by the Museum in 1935 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4839/1937) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

The statue of the unknown saint was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4844/1937) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

1955

Physical description

1 photograph
glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R596/1938, acc. number R4839/1937 and acc. number R4844/1937

Copyright note

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Terms of use

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

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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Location of original

Wellcome Library; GB.
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