A woman (femme fatale) holding a skull; representing syphilis. Colour lithograph by L. Raemakers, ca. 1923.

  • Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956.
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[1923?]
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658805i
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A woman (femme fatale) holding a skull; representing syphilis. Colour lithograph by L. Raemakers, ca. 1923. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

[Bruxelles [Brussels]] : [publisher not identified], [1923?] (Bruxelles [Brussels] (Ste Ame, Rue Haberman : J.E. Goossens)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 118.5 x 76.2 cm

Lettering

L'hécatombe ; La syphilis ; Louis Raemaekers

References note

Elizabeth K. Menon, Evil by design: the creation and marketing of the femme fatale, Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2006 (on the theme; does not mention this work)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 658805i

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