[Soldier, nurse, and Grim Reaper]
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Martínková, Marie, 1886-1972, artist
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner J. Plichta (Publisher), publisher.
- Publication:
- Prague : Editeur J. Plichta, 1914
- Language(s):
- Czech German Hungarian
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Nurses Military Personnel World War I Death Czech Republic
- Genre(s):
- Postcards
- Abstract:
- A color postcard featuring a soldier sitting in a chair outside and a nurse standing behind him. He is wearing a blue uniform and his eyes are closed. There are flowers laying on his lap. A nurse standing behind him is holding a rosary and dressed in dark clothing with a white head covering and a white armband with a red cross on it. Visible over the soldier's right shoulder is the Grim Reaper, shown as a skeletal figure dressed in a shroud and holding a scythe.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : 14 x 9 cm
- Provenance:
- Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101721740 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101721740