Object Details
- Description
- Satirical image of moonstruck charlatans offering quacks cures for cholera, probably created at the time of the cholera epidemic of 1831-1832. The inscription reads “DIE MONDSÜCHTIGEN / oder / allerneuste Gespensterfurcht ver der so gräfslich genannten / aber schon seit Jahrtausenden bekannten—Cholera.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0011
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 969
- 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: 40.2 cm x 24.7 cm; 15 13/16 in x 9 3/4 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_993978
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8137-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
