M0004557: Anatomical figures by Jacques-Fabien Gautier D'Agoty: skeletons

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Twelve anatomical figures.

Photograph of two oil paintings by Jacques-Fabien Gautier D'Agoty made on commission for provincial anatomists, surgeons and obstetricians, who needed them for teaching purposes. The set of twelve paintings were purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in Paris in 1913 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R2936-2947/1938). Related images: M0004558, M0004559, M0004560, M0004561, M0004562

3 March 1936

1 photograph glass plate negative; 21.5 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the items depicted in the glass plate negative: 44564i and 44565i

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

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