M0011904: Photograph of a red-figure vase or lekythos, a type of ancient Greek vessel, decorated with a figure of hare which is partly obscured due to the angle of the photograph

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Red figure vase with figure of hare

Photograph of a red-figure vase or lekythos, a type of ancient Greek vessel, decorated with a figure of hare which is partly obscured due to the angle of the photograph. The photograph of the vase is included in the publication Catalogue of an Exhibition illustrating The History of Pharmacy, an exhibition held at the Wellcome Research Institution, London, 4 May - 28 September 1951. It was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is no longer held by Wellcome Collection. Related image: M0011903

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R1328/1936
The photograph is listed as figure 2 in the exhibition catalogue. A digitised version is available online

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.

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