Hygieia as a personification of hygiene: a woman holding up the palm of her hand on the left and holding the staff of Aesculapius on the right, with water in the background; advertising an exhibition in Düsseldorf on health and welfare. Colour lithograph after L. ten Hompel, 1926.

  • Grosse Ausstellung Düsseldorf für Gesundheitspflege, soziale Fürsorge und Leibesübungen (1926 : Düsseldorf, Germany)
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1926
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659754i
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Hygieia as a personification of hygiene: a woman holding up the palm of her hand on the left and holding the staff of Aesculapius on the right, with water in the background; advertising an exhibition in Düsseldorf on health and welfare. Colour lithograph after L. ten Hompel, 1926. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Hygieia and her attributes are depicted in a simplified Modern form

Publication/Creation

Düsseldorf : [Grosse Ausstellung Düsseldorf für Gesundheitspflege, soziale Fürsorge und Leibesübungen?], 1926 (Düsseldorf : Druck von A. Bagel A.-G.)

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 119 x 85.5 cm

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Düsseldorf 1926 Mai bis Oktober. Grosse Ausstellung. Gesundheitspflege, soziale Fürsorge u. Leibesübungen. Unter Mitwirkung des Deutschen Hygiene-Museums in Dresden und unter Förderung von Reich u. Staat. Veranstalt. von der Stadt Düsseldorf. Entwurf L. ten Hompel, Düsseldorf The name of the exhibition was abbreviated to GeSoLei

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Wellcome Collection 659754i

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