M0007418: Display of artficial eyes

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Artficial eyes, ancient Egypt, glass obsidian, bone and alabaster.

Photograph of a selection of artificial eyes as displayed in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum taken at a slight angle from below. The eye furthest to the left on the top row was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 23rd June 1920 (11865). Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 16th October 1935 (PHO 5386). Related images: M0007420.

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for one of the items depicted in the glass plate negative: 11865. Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another ph

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.

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