Rats in a vegetable garden, nibbling at grapes, tomatoes, peppers etc.: Egyptian-German campaign against rats in Egypt. Colour lithograph, 198-.

Eschborn (Dag-Hammerskjold Weg 1+2, D-6236, Eschborn 1) : Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit, [between 1980 and 1989?]

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image and border 70.3 x 46.1 cm

Translation of lettering: Ministry of agriculture and alimentation security, committee for combating rodents. Brother field-worker! 1. Beware of rats: they cause incalculable damage. 2. Fight against them, do not stop. 3. You will be centrally assisted by rodent eradication specialists. Alternatively, get in touch with the office for rodent eradication. Organization headquarters: Nadir as-Sayid Street, Cairo-Dūgā, tel. 710 394 Bears logo of Egypt German Field Rat Control Project (name of organization in Arabic in a green circle with name in English around the circle) Bears logo of Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (letters gtz in a red circle) Bears old Chinese stamp (undeciphered) in red, bottom right

Apparently reproduction of a watercolour by an artist whose monogram (possibly GK with the G reversed) appears at the foot with the date 1905

Wellcome Collection 980001i