With these weapons, we beat tuberculosis -- hygiene, fresh air, sunlight, rest, temperance, cleanliness, perseverance
Description:
Title from item., Translated title supplied by curator., T. Corbella on upper right on plate; printer insignia on lower left on plate: Stab. Lit. E. Guazzoni. Via Gheti Roma, Fuori Porta S. Giovanni., Date supplied by curator., Italian public health poster from World War I with remarkable allegory of skeletal and demonic "Tuberculosis" cowering under attack of many "swords" indicating the many modes of attacking the disease., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Mounted on linen.
Publisher:
Stab. Lit. E. Guazzoni. Via Gheti Roma, Fuori Porta S. Giovanni
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification)., Tuberculosis, Prevention, Medicine, Preventive, Skeletons, and Daggers & swords
Title etched below image., From: Bartolomeo Pinelli, Nuova Raccolta de cinquanta costumi pittoreschi incise all'acqua forte. Roma, 1816., Below image at right: 43., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Crowds, Snakes, and Amulets
Galestruzzi, Giovanni Battista, 1615 or 1618-approximately 1669, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1658]
Call Number:
Print01018
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by curator., From: Opere di Polidoro da Caravaggio, Roma: Appresso l'autore, 1658., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Mounted.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cronus (Greek deity)., Gaia (Greek deity)., and Uranus (Greek deity).
Subject (Topic):
Mythology, Greek, Castration, Gods, Fathers, Mothers, Sons, and Sickles