Title(s)

Portion of hand with needle embedded in the ball of the thumb

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-467-1

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘Fig. 37’

Artist

• photographer: F.R.S. Hicks (mentioned on object)
• print maker: anonymous

Dating

c. 1889 - in or before 1899

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 48 mm × width 75 mm

What

• X-ray examination
• needle ~ sewing
• thumb

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 story of photography (RP-F-2001-7-467)