A nun supporting a sick child; representing the work of the Herwonnen Levenskracht movement in helping tuberculous children. Colour lithograph by M. Wiegman, ca. 1930.

  • Wiegman, Matthieu, 1886-1971.
Date:
[1930?]
Reference:
667685i
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A nun supporting a sick child; representing the work of the Herwonnen Levenskracht movement in helping tuberculous children. Colour lithograph by M. Wiegman, ca. 1930. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A fund-rasing poster for Herwonnen Levenskracht ("Recovered vital strength"), a rural Roman Catholic organization that supported tuberculous people in the Netherlands. It ran a home for tuberculosis patients from 1925 to 1933. It held annual "flower days" to raise funds, hence the flowers in the background of the present print

Publication/Creation

[The Netherlands] : [Herwonnen Levenskracht?], [1930?]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 85 x 60.1 cm

Lettering

Herwonnen Levenskracht. Helpt ons levens redden. Matth. Wiegman

Reference

Wellcome Collection 667685i

Creator/production credits

Works by Matthieu Wiegman (including an impression of this poster) are in the Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam

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