M0003626: Edward the Confessor and Saint Radegund

Date:: 2 October 1933

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/29/94

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

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: M0003519-M0003632WT/D/1/20/1/29
        M0003626: Edward the Confessor and Saint RadegundWT/D/1/20/1/29/94

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Edward the Confessor practising the Royal touch for scrofula.

Description

Photograph of two images. The image on the left is of King Edward the Confessor, practising the Royal touch for scrofula, afterwards known as the 'king's evil.' The image on the right is of Saint Radegund, exorcising an individual through prayer.

Publication/Creation

2 October 1933

Physical description

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

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.

Terms of use

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.