M0000066: House in Viterbe, Italy

Previous title, replaced May 2020: House in Viterbe, Italy

Photograph of a house in Viterbe, Italy, from which the hand and horseshoe sign against Evil Eye, once an object in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, was obtained. The photograph was received by the Museum from Captain Johnston-Saint on 28 June 1929. Captain Johnston-Saint was a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum employee who travelled extensively in Europe, the Middle East and India purchasing items for the museum. Related images: M0000067

25 June 1929

1 photograph sheet film negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

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 2020.

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