M0006189: The transport of prostitutes to a hospital

Date:
18 April 1939
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/51/73
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Credit

M0006189: The transport of prostitutes to a hospital. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: A medieval house of prositution.

Description

Engraving by C. le Vasseur after Etienne Jeaurat depicting a crowd watching a horse and cart transporting prostitutes to a hospital with the caption "Le Transport des Filles de Joye a L'hopital". Related images: V0039223

Publication/Creation

18 April 1939

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 28833i

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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