A cossack holds a spear on which insects are impaled; advertising Zacherl's insecticide. Colour lithograph, ca. 1870-1880.

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1870-1880
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577337i
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Zacherlin was a pyrethrum insecticide derived from flowers originally used as an insecticide in Georgia and imported by Zacherl from Tiflis into Austria; hence the cossack

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(Paris (99 Faub. du Temple) : Lith. Van Geleyn)

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 21 x 12.8 cm

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Insecticides Zacherl de Tiflis (Asie), 97, Boulevard de Sébastopol, Paris. Destruction instantanée de tous les insectes. ...

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Wellcome Collection 577337i

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