Sexually transmitted diseases are rife after plague, tuberculosis and yellow fever have been overcome. Colour lithograph after H. Devitt Welsh.

  • Welsh, H. Devitt, 1888-1942.
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[1960?]
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748751i
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Sexually transmitted diseases are rife after plague, tuberculosis and yellow fever have been overcome. Colour lithograph after H. Devitt Welsh. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"Emaciated human figures, representing various diseases, cower beneath a partially nude female figure, representing venereal disease, chained to a vulture"--Library of Congress catalogue

Publication/Creation

[The Netherlands] : [publisher not identified], [1960?]

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 43 x 57 cm

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The black plague, the white plague, yellow fever, venereal diseases. Bij geslachszieke of vermoeden van: voor informatie bel 232 252 ; voor gratis kontrole en behandeling Groenburgwal 44 van 8.00 tot 11.00 en Van Oldebarneveldtstraat 42 van 13.00 tot 15.00 uur. De pest, de cholera en de TBC hebben we er ondergekregen, dat moet bij geslachtszieken ook kunnen lukken. Ga er dus mee naar de dokter. DPP. H. Devitt Welsh Bears monogram: DPP, apparently meaning Division of Pictorial Publicity (website of Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, "Sowing the seeds of victory: The World War I poster collection")

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Wellcome Collection 748751i

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