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Napoleon Bonaparte touching the bubo of a plague victim at Jaffa in 1799. Coloured wood engraving by Thiébault.
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Credit: Napoleon Bonaparte touching the bubo of a plague victim at Jaffa in 1799. Coloured wood engraving by Thiébault. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Publication/Creation
Epinal : De la fabrique de Pellerin, imprimeur-libraire.
Physical description
1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour ; image 33.1 x 54.2 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Bonaparte touchant les pestiférés. ... Thiébault.
References note
Raymond Crawfurd, Plague and pestilence in literature and art, Oxford 1914, pp. 200-211
W. Helfand, "The poisoning of the sick at Jaffa", Veröffentlichungen der Internat. Ges. für Geschichte der Pharmazie, neue Folge, vol. 42, Wissenschaftl. Verlagsges. Stuttgart, 1975
Tony Gould (ed.), Cures and curiosities: inside the Wellcome Library, London 2007, p. 138
Lettering note
Lettering continues with a brief description of the event depicted, ending with a quotation from Napoleon: "C'était mon devoir...je suis Géneral en Chef."
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 10103i
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Languages
- French
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Location Status Access Closed stores