M0012188EA: Photograph of a wax plaque in a glass case showing the complete female figure (anterior or front view)

Previous title, replaced May 2022: German wax plaque of female nude

Reproduction of a wax plaque in a glass case showing the complete female figure (anterior or front view). The M Series register suggests the plaque is 19th century and German. It was acquired for the Wellcome Historical Museum in 1936 but is no longer held by Wellcome Collection. Related image: M0012188EB

1951

2 photographs sheet film negative; 6 x 6 cm photographic print; 12 x 9 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R2561/1936

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.