A provocative naked young woman lying on a bed, death (a cloaked skeleton) sits at her side, a naked man walks away from the bed with his head bowed, towards a throng of diseased and dying people; representing syphilis. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

    • Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.
    Reference:
    24008i

    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: A provocative naked young woman lying on a bed, death (a cloaked skeleton) sits at her side, a naked man walks away from the bed with his head bowed, towards a throng of diseased and dying people; representing syphilis. Watercolour by R. Cooper. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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