Watercolour of a figure in a rose robe, tan cape, black hat and long-beaked plague doctor mask, holding a cane on a pale background.

Physician in seventeenth-century plague preventive costume, watercolour

A full-length watercolour of a figure in a seventeenth-century plague doctor costume: a long-beaked bird mask, wide black hat, rose-pink robe with a tan cape, and gloves. The figure stands in profile on a pale ground, holding a slender cane, with a printed caption beneath.

Artist: Unknown
Date: [1910?]
Medium: Watercolors Paintings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2880 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1920.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

17th century watercolor medical history physician historical costume epidemic full-length figure plague costume plague doctor pale background