M0004794: Red frescoes from the Cave of Altamina

Date:
29 September 1936
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/38/87
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced Oct 2021: Fresques rouges from Breuie's La Caverne d'Altamina, 1906

Description

Red frescoes from the right side of the large ceiling in the Cave of Altamina, Cantabria, Spain, 1906. Image taken from La caverne d'Altamira à Santillane près Santander (Espagne) par Émile Cartailhac et l'abbé Henri Breuil.

Publication/Creation

29 September 1936

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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 2022.

Terms of use

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

Where to find it

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