M0012186EA: Photograph of a wax plaque showing a human embryo at five different stages of development

Reproduction of a wax plaque showing a human embryo at five different stages of development. The M Series register suggests the plaque is 19th century and German. It was acquired for the Wellcome Historical Museum in 1951 but is no longer held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0012186EB, M0012186EC

1951

1 photograph photographic print; 11.5 x 10.2 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R203/1951

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.