Seven vignettes showing uses of Poudre Persane insecticide. Colour line block, ca. 1880.

Date:
[approximately 1880]
Reference:
577361i
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Eliminating cockroaches from a kitchen; a soldier suffering from lice or fleas; a man and woman afflicted by bedbugs; a housemaid examining a moth-eaten tiger-rug; a man whose mother-in-law is examining his matrimonial bed for insects; a French soldier recommending the remedy to a junior colleague; a husband and wife in bed free of bedbugs

Publication/Creation

[Paris (35 rue Montmartre)] : [Herboristerie modèle], [approximately 1880] (Lille : Imp. Lefebvre-Ducrocq)

Physical description

1 print : line block, printed in colours (?) ; image and text 28.2 x 19.6 cm

Lettering

Poudre Persane insecticide foudroyant. 30 années de succès. Herboristerie modèle, 35 rue Montmartre (autrefois rue Coquillière). ... Extensive lettering

Reference

Wellcome Collection 577361i

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