Un bon tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras: les Proverbes (2e série)

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Alternate Title(s):: Alcool de Menthe de Ricqlès
Author(s):: Gerbault, Henry, 1863-1930, artist
Contributor(s):: R. Engelmann, publisher, printer.
Ricqlès & Cie, editor.
Publication:: Paris : R. Engelmann, [between 1908 and 1930?]
Language(s):: French
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Nonprescription Drugs
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Genre(s):: Advertisements
Abstract:: Advertisement for Alcool de Menthe de Ricqlès. Card features a color illustration by Henry Gerbault (1863-1930) of 2 men on a street; one man is punching the other in the face, knocking his top hat off and causing him to drop his umbrella. The illustration is a visual depiction of the proverb, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:: 1 trade card : 10 x 13 cm
Technique:: chromolithograph, color
NLM Unique ID:: 101705247 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101705247

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