M0012186EC: Photograph of a wax plaque showing a human embryo and umbilical cord at seven different stages of development

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/108/70

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0012117-M0012212WT/D/1/20/1/108
        M0012186EC: Photograph of a wax plaque showing a human embryo and umbilical cord at seven different stages of developmentWT/D/1/20/1/108/70

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: German wax plaque showing the female anatomy and embryo: umbilical cord

Description

Reproduction of a wax plaque showing a human embryo and umbilical cord at seven 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, M0012186EB

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

2 photographs sheet film negative; 6 x 6 cm photographic print; 11.5 x 10 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R204/1951

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.

Terms of use

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