Object Details
- artist
- Wundet
- Description
- Ink and water color etching of Cholera Prevention Man dressed in a large blue overcoat, a clay pipe in one hand and a mask over his face. He is standing in a doorway surrounded by boxes containing herbs. Behind him is the ghostly apparition of cholera. The translation of the inscription is roughly "The well-equipped home medicine cabinet for one who loves his health. / Cholera Prevention Man"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0013
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 967
- Object Name
- Other Terms
- print; ART OBJECTS
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- watercolor (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- blue (overall color)
- vermillion (overall color)
- pink (overall color)
- green (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- etching with watercolor (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 28.3 cm x 21.5 cm; 11 1/8 in x 8 7/16 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
- Record ID
- nmah_993980
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b499-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
