COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17031281
Reference Number:
R53822
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Photograph and drawing of a Mummy
Parent Work Title:
Studies in the Palaeopathology of Egypt
Date Created:
c1921
Publication Details:
Chicago, Ill. :The University of Chicago press
Page/Sheet:
Plate 1
Image Sequence Number:
P001
Description:
Fig. 1, Drawing by Mrs Cecil Firth of a mummy of a priest of Ammon of the XXIst Dynasty (1000 BC) showing in lateral view the protrusion of the spine so commonly seen in Pott's disease. Fig. 2., An untouched photograph of the anterior aspect of the mummy, showing the huge psoas abcess into which pus from the tuberculous lesion in the lumbar vertebrae had drained. The mass was soft at the time of embalming.
Language Code:
eng
Language:
English
Subject:
Mummies
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Technique Used:
Drawing (image-making)
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
260 mm
Item Width:
175 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-03-23
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Photograph and drawing of a Mummy
