China: the eradication of sparrows, one of the Four Pests. Colour lithograph, 1956.
- Date:
- 1956
- Reference:
- 661450i
- Part of:
- China: the eradication of the Four Pests. Colour lithographs, 1956.
- Pictures
About this work
Description
A boy wearing a blue jacket and with the red necktie of the communist Young Pioneers (Zhōngguó shàonián xiānfēng duì), holding a fbunch of dead sparrows on a string. Above, vignettes of sparrows with their young in the nest, and four ways of trapping them
Publication/Creation
Tianjin : [publisher not identified], 1956.
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 53.2 x 38 cm
Edition
400,000-500,000.
Notes
One item in a set of four communist Chinese propaganda posters produced to support the 'Four Eradications' campaign. The targets of the Four Eradications were: flies, mosquitos, rats and sparrows - the Four Pests, types of creature thought to be detrimental to health and wellbeing in the People's Republic of China. The posters all start with the exhortation "Renren Dong Shou!" - a call to action.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 661450i
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
Where to find it
sparrows
Location Status Access Closed stores