A welcome gift for the Kaiser's birthday
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Corbella, Tito, 1885-1966, artist
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner Inter-Art Co., publisher.
- Publication:
- London : Inter-Art Co., [1915]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Nurses Skeleton Decapitation Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915.
- Genre(s):
- Postcards
- Abstract:
- Postcard featuring a color illustration of a skeleton in a black robe delivering the head of Edith Cavell on a blood-dripping tray to a barbaric looking figure who is meant to represent the Kaiser. The Kaiser's right hand is bloody and there is blood on his seat and by his feet. A large raven is seated next to the Kaiser and there are decapited heads hanging from a tree and on the ground.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
- Provenance:
- Purchase ; Michael Zwerdling ; 2004 ; 04-22.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101611751 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- D04680
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101611751