Contagion
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Kyōto-shi Bijutsukan. SmithKline Beckman Corporation.
- Publication:
- [Kyoto : Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 1985]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Medicine in Art Exhibits as Topic Cholera -- prevention & control Nostrums
- Genre(s):
- Posters
- Abstract:
- Multicolor poster with yellow and black lettering. Title at top of poster, along with dates and location of exhibition. Note text below title. Visual image is a reproduction of a hand-colored etching featuring a woman and her dog. The woman is dressed in an outlandish manner. Her umbrella is covered with flowers and bells; she sports a windmill atop her head and appears to wear garlic bulbs for earrings. She carries several bottles in a basket. Her skirt is surrounded by pockets or pots filled with flowers and her shoes appear to be nested in two pairs of slippers. Her dog has been subjected to similar attire. Caption below etching indicates that it is a portrait of a "cholera-preventing" woman.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
- Extent:
- 1 photomechanical print (poster) : 49 x 30 cm.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101444774 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A028049
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101444774