- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, drawing of the Virgin Mary in a tree appearing before numerous figures, with religious images and inscriptions, on paper. [ACA 22/08/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, drawing of the Virgin Mary in a tree appearing before numerous figures, with religious images and inscriptions, on paper. There are six images with figures all appearing before the Virgin Mary, drawn within the tree, the images are as follows: a woman holding a baby with the inscription: "Enfant guéri" [Child cured]; a figure sat on the floor with the inscription: "Malade gri" [sick cured]; a figure bending over with another figure, with the inscription: "?Déinon ?" [?]; a figure sat in a chair with a figure stood behind, with the inscription: "Paralétique guéri" [paralytic cured]; two figures kneeling, with the inscription: "Muets guéri" [dumb cured]; a figure holding a stick and kneeling, with the inscription: "Aveugle gri" [blind cured]. At the bottom of the picture there is the inscription: "Notre-Dame de Bon Secours." [Our Lady of Good Help]. The picture has been crudely coloured. The paper has been glued to a cardboard backing, with some brown cotton stitching at the top. [ACA 22/08/2012]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- By 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Material Glue, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Drawn, Process Painted, Process Written, Process Glued
- Dimensions
- Width: max 103 mm, Length: max 142 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2705 Other numbers: 4325
Search terms: Religion, Picture and Graphic Art, Writing, Amulet, Religious Object, Inscription