Title(s)

Opgespannen stuk dalende darm met afvallende membranen
Descending Colon with Sloughing Pseudo-Membrane (title on object)

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1130-11

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘(Reduced in size one-fourth)’
• number: ‘No. 970. MEDICAL SECTION.’
• address: ‘1002 Arch St., Philadelphia’

Artist

• photographer: Edward J. Ward
• American Photo-Relief Printing Company (mentioned on object)

Place

Philadelphia

Dating

c. 1874 - in or before 1879

Material

• paper

Technique

Woodburytype

Measurements

height 200 mm × width 122 mm

What

• intestines
• anatomical specimen

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion / prep. under the direction of Joseph K. Barnes (RP-F-2001-7-1130)