Vaccination against smallpox. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).

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<p>Interior of a room with a portrait of Chairman Mao on the back wall. A team of medical staff in white coats are conducting a vaccination clinic. The vaccinator is using a hand-held needle, not a syringe. An assistant is sterilising a needle in a flame. Children and adults have come to be vaccinated; the adults include an engineer and a farm worker. A member of the medical staff holds a pennant inscribed with text about vaccination. On the door is a prosperity-sign</p>

Vaccination against smallpox. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).

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