M0013432: Iron Mask, c.1625

Date:
April 1954
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Photographs of an iron mask from the front and side supposedly worn by women when dragged through streets by executioners in Nuremberg c. 1635. This item was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection (R21036).

Publication/Creation

April 1954

Physical description

2 photographs
glass plate negatives; 22.5 x 16.5 cm (taped together)

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R21036

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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