Unhygienic practices which lead to death from cholera. Colour lithograph by S. Pogorelskii, 192-.

  • Pogorelʹskiĭ, S., active approximately 1920.
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[1920?]
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535994i
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Unhygienic practices which lead to death from cholera. Colour lithograph by S. Pogorelskii, 192-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Top left and right, Death with his scythe and vultures. Down the centre, a column of skulls. In the background of the upper right scene, a poster warning against cholera

Publication/Creation

[Russia] : Izdanie Orlovskogo Gubernskogo Agentstva ︠"T︡sentropechati" V︠.T︡s.I.K. i Orlovskogo Okruzhn. Voenno Sanitarnogo Upravleni︠︡ia, [1920?] (Orel. 1-i︠︡236a : Litografiia Gubsovv[?]arkhoz[?])

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 76 x 63.3 cm

Lettering

V gri︠a︡zi i nechistotakh svivaet sebe gnezda i ploditsi︠a︡ kholera. Ne peĭte syroi vody i ne polʹzuĭtesʹ gri︠a︡znoĭ posuoĭ. Ne eshʹte rynochnoĭ stri︠a︡pni, ona gri︠a︡zno gotovitsi︠a︡ i soderzhitsi︠a︡. Ne zagri︠a︡zn︠︡iaĭte vodoistochnikov, zagri︠a︡znennoĭ vodoĭ rasprostran︠︡iaetsi︠a︡ zaraza. Unichtozhaite mukh, oni perenosiat zarazu kholery na pishchu, nitʹe, s bolʹnogo na zdorovogo Translation of lettering: Cholera swaddles itself in the nest that is dirt and breeds in it. Drink ye not unboiled water nor use dirty drinking cups. Eat ye not market grub, it is prepared and stored in dirty conditions. Pollute ye not water sources: polluted water carries infection. Kill ye flies: they transmit cholera through food and drink from the ill to the healthy

Reference

Wellcome Collection 535994i

Contents

Four principal scenes: upper left, Ne peĭte syroi vody i ne pol'zuĭtes' gri︠a︡znoĭ posudoĭ. (a coach driver drinks water from a barrel) -- upper right, Ne eshʹte rynochnoĭ stri︠a︡pni, ona gri︠a︡zno gotovitsi︠a︡ i soderzhitsi︠a︡. (women selling food at a market, and a man and a boy eating it) -- bottom left, Ne zagri︠a︡zn︠︡iaĭte vodoistochnikov, zagri︠a︡znennoĭ vodoĭ rasprostran︠︡iaetsi︠a︡ zaraza (a woman pouring away waste water down the overflow grill of a drinking fountain) -- bottom right, Unichtozhaĭte mukh, oni perenosi︠a︡t zarazu kholery na pishchu, nitʹe, s bolʹnogo na zdorovogo (a sleeping man and an eating boy surrounded by flies)

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Upper right scene includes Pogorelskii's signature

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