M0007269: Female and male anatomical wax figures

Photograph of small anatomical wax figures of a man and woman, laid down with internal organs exposed, taken from above. The figures were accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 8th November 1922 (14610) and 1st November 1922 (14611), and again on 7th May 1936 (R2369/1936, R2350/1936) but are not held by Wellcome Collection. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 14th January 1936 (PHO 6985). Related images: M0007264, M0007268, M0007260, M0007263.

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the items depicted in the glass plate negative: 14610 and R2369/1936; 14611 and R2350/1936. Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 6985.

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.