M0006170: Baths of Metellus / M0006171: Healing baths at Pyrmont, Germany / M0006173: Female baths in Ancient Greece / M0006174: the baths at Plombières-les-Bains, France
- Date:
- 11 April 1939
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/51/64
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2020: Healing Baths. Pyrmont.
Description
Four images on one negative. One is an illustration of the baths of the Metelli family reproduced in an unknown publication. One is a photograph of a woodcut from Burkhard Metobius' pamphlet Schrift uber Pyrmont, 1556, depicting the healing baths at Pyrmont, Germany. This photograph was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 30th August 1935 (PHO 4241). Related images: M0007336. One is a reproduction of the decoration on an Ancient Greek vase showing women at the baths. The original vase is held at a museum in Berlin and the reproduction is from an unknown French publication. One is a reproduction of a 1553 woodcut of the baths at the spa resort of Plombières-les-Bains, France. The reproduction is from an unknown publication. Related images: M0013286
Publication/Creation
11 April 1939
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 2020.
Terms of use
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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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request