A nurse standing in front of the Red Cross stabs a dragon that holds the globe in its claws; representing assistance to tuberculous people from the Italian Red Cross. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella.

  • Cascella, Basilio, 1860-1950.
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[1917?]
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575581i
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[Italy] : [Croce Rossa], [1917?] (Milano : Stab. d'Arti Grafiche "Galileo")

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet approximately 100 x 70.2 cm

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Italiani, aiutate la Croce Rossa nell'assistenza ai tubercolosi. B. Cascella

References note

W. Helfand, [checklist], Caduceus, 1990, vol. 6 (2), no. 36 (to be confirmed)
The picture of health: images of medicine and pharmacy from the William H. Helfand Collection; commentaries by William H. Helfand; essays by Patricia Eckert Boyer, Judith Wechsler, and Maurice Rickards, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1991, pp. 43

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Wellcome Collection 575581i

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