A soldier in 19th-century costume (hussar?) killing a big green fly by spraying it with a gun of Flit insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1930.
- Date:
- [1930]
- Reference:
- 589481i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The Flit insecticide currently (2004) marketed by Clarke Mosquito Control contains permethrin as its active agent, but permethrin seems to have been developed only in 1977. Flit was a petroleum-derived insecticide, made in the USA by Stanco, Inc. of New Jersey, a subsidiary of Standard Oil
Publication/Creation
[Germany?] : [publisher not identified], [1930]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 114.4 x 79.7 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Flit tötet schneller
On container: "Flit vernichtet Fliegen, Stechmücken, Motten ... Anderes Ungezwiefer samt brut"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 589481i
Creator/production credits
Flies are in style similar to that of Dr Seuss (Theodore Seuss Geisel), who did work for Flit from ca. 1927. Could this be one of his designs?
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores