Cholera Præservativmann (Cholera Prevention Man)
Object Details
- artist
- Wunder
- printer
- Campe
- Description
- Satirical image of a man protecting himself from cholera, probably produced during the epidemic of 1831-1832. The inscription at the bottom reads “Die wohleingerichte kleine Hausapotheke für einem seine Gesundheit liebenden / CHOLERA PRAESERVATIVMANN / Nürnberg bei Fr: Campe” Friedrich Campe (1777-1846) was a printer in Nuremberg.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0012
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 967
- Object Name
- Other Terms
- print; ART OBJECTS
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- etching (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 40 cm x 24.5 cm; 15 3/4 in x 9 5/8 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Religion
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Public Health
- Ophthalmology
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993979
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b498-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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