A soldier in 19th-century costume (hussar?) defending the peoples of the world by spraying flies with a spray gun of Flit insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1930.
- Date:
- [193?-?]
- Reference:
- 676494i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The Flit soldier sprays Flit (pyrethrum) over women in national dress from Japan, the Netherlands, Egypt, Italy etc.
Publication/Creation
[Austria] : [publisher not identified], [193?-?] (Graz ; Buro - Wien [Vienna] : Alfred Wall)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 123.5 x 92.4 cm
Lettering
Flit schützt alle Welt
Reference
Wellcome Collection 676494i
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