A man absurdly well-prepared for the cholera epidemic of 1832; representing the overabundance of questionable remedies and protections against cholera. Watercolour, c. 1832.
- Date:
- 1832
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- 18027i
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The 'letter' upon which the text is printed contains a red dot in the folded top-right corner
Publication/Creation
1832
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1 painting : watercolour
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Preservativi pel cholera morbus. Secondo il sistema di Saphir ...
The lettering can be read in German in Wellcome Library record number 17849i, which contains Saphir's original text
Creator/production credits
The author of the original German text was M.G. Saphir and the print may have been originally etched by F. Schuler for Saphir's humorous journal, Die Deutsche Horizont. Evidence also exists that the caricature was originally French and published in Dijon in 1832. On the Schuler there is lettering above the cart reading: Wein u. Hühner ist das beste
References note
On the 'Preservativmann' in caricatures on cholera, see Eugen Holländer, Die Karikatur and Satire in der Medizin, Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1921, pp. 175-187; and A. Weber 'Tableau de la caricature medicale' (Editions Hippocrates : Paris, 1936), p. 116-119
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Wellcome Collection 18027i
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