M0012740: Painting of a Persian birth scene

Date:: November 1952

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/113/77

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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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: M0012639-M0012766WT/D/1/20/1/113
        M0012740: Painting of a Persian birth sceneWT/D/1/20/1/113/77

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M0012740: Painting of a Persian birth scene. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Persian birth scene, bathing and attendants with instruments

Description

Photograph of a painting in laquer on a mirror case depicting a Persian birth scene, bathing and attendants with instruments. This item is held by the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo. This reproduction was made from an unidentified source. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1938 (PHO 10764).

Publication/Creation

November 1952

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for other photographic copies:PHO 10764

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 2022.

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