Red and white flowers surrounding the cross of Godfrey of Bouillon; representing collections for the tuberculous in the Netherlands. Colour lithograph by W. Sluiter, 192- for the Nederlandsche Centrale Vereeniging tot Bestrijding der Tuberculose.

[The Netherlands] : [Nederl. Centrale Vereeniging tot Bestrijding der Tuberculose], [between 1900 and 1999] (Amsterdam : Offsetdruk: N.V. Drukkerijen Laporte & Dosse)

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 85 x 57.8 cm with added strip extending 5 x 57.8 cm

Nederl. Centrale Vereeniging tot Bestrijding der Tuberculose. Emma-Bloem collecte bestrijding der tuberculose. Emma-bloem collecte. Helpt ons de tuberculose, den grootsten vijand onzer volksgezondheid , te bestrijden. Tooit U allen met de Emmabloem, die U dezer dagen zal worden aangeboden. Gij steunt daarmede de tuberculoselijders van alle gezindten uit de plaats Uwer inwoning en ook de sanatoria en hospitia. Door allen, voor allen! Willy Sluiter. EmmaBloem collecte Zaterdag 9 April. Bears a cross with two crossbars. This cross was adopted as the symbol of the fight against tuberculosis on 23 October 1902 at a Berlin conference, on the suggestion of Gilbert Sersiron. It had been the device on the standard of Godfrey of Bouillon, who had placed it on the tower of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem in 1099. Its adoption indicated that the fight against tuberculosis was analogous to a crusade seen from the Christian point of view. Though similar in form, it had no significant connnection with the cross of Lorraine. (Information from Thierry Devinck, André Wilquin: publicités, Paris: Agence Culturelle de Paris, Mairie de Paris, 1991, p. 68)

Not found in the online catalogue of the Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam

Wellcome Collection 997162i