M0009858: Birth of Rustan (Rostam)

Date:: 25 February 1947

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/86/90

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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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: M0009757-M0009875WT/D/1/20/1/86
        M0009858: Birth of Rustan (Rostam)WT/D/1/20/1/86/90

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M0009858: Birth of Rustan (Rostam). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Gouache painting depicting an episode in the Shahnameh of Firdausi. Rudabah gives birth to Rustam by caesarian section. Above left, the Simurgh, the fabulous bird which had recommended caesarian section to save the life of the mother and child.

Publication/Creation

25 February 1947

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 25.3 x 30.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 726949i

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 2021.

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