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Der Tod als Erwürger: Erster Auftritt der Cholera auf einem Maskenball in Paris 1831

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Rethel, Alfred, 1816-1859, artist
Steinbrecher, Gustav Richard, 1828-1887
Publication:
Leipzig; : Georg Thieme, 1911
Language(s):
German
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Death
Abstract:
Visual motif: The Figure of Death, wearing a robe and dancing slippers, is a musician at the masquerade, playing a fiddle of human bones. The bodies of partygoers litter the dance floor as the musicians fearfully exit, instruments in hand.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photomechanical reproduction
Technique:
halftone
NLM Unique ID:
101439834 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A012010
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101439834