A Chinese child displaying the symptoms of smallpox on its neck, arms, torso and legs, with an absence of markings in the loin area. Coloured line block print by Chiang Yee, after a Chinese artist, 1920/1940?.

Date:
[1920/1940?]
Reference:
573606i
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Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1920/1940?]

Physical description

1 print : line block and watercolour ; sheet 22.4 x 14.7 cm

Lettering

Lettering beneath image, on cardboard mount reads: 'Smallpox in the shape of a broken bridge (i.e. absence of smallpox around the loin)' Inscription in Chinese characters above the image

Reference

Wellcome Collection 573606i

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