A man having a blood test performed by two clinical pathologists in white coats. Colour lithograph attributed to L. Karsakov, 1944.
- Karsakov, Leonard, 1917-1993.
- Date:
- 1944
- Reference:
- 678377i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The man's body is represented as a diagrammatic mechanical model towering above the miniature pathologists. Other posters in this series are explicitly or implicitly about sexually transmitted diseases, which seems to be the covert meaning here also
Publication/Creation
[Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944.
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 46.5 x 36.2 cm
Lettering
Make our men as fit as our machines. Regular physical check-ups ... with blood tests. Federal Security Agency. U.S. Public Health Service VD14
Bears U.S. Government Printing Office reference number: O-577241
Bears U.S. Public Health Service number: VD14
Reference
Wellcome Collection 678377i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores