A Chinese worker seizes a Japanese scientist responsible for biological and chemical weapons in World War II, while other Japanese scientists are chained and jailed by a Russian warder; representing anti-Japanese feeling in China after the War. Colour lithograph, 1952.
- Date:
- 1952
- Reference:
- 656858i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
In the foreground a huge Chinese worker in overalls grabs at a Japanese scientist, while in the background more Japanese in chains are sent to a prison cell under the control of a big hand with a red star on its sleeve (representing the Soviet Union). All the Japanese are represented as rats
Publication/Creation
[Beijing] : [The People's Arts Publishing Company], 1952.
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 54 x 78 cm
Lettering
The text says "An Lin Stop the use of bio-chemical weapons by war criminals", and proceeds to say that in December 1949 the Soviet Union Supreme Court tried Japanese war-criminals for the use of biological and chemical weapons
Reference
Wellcome Collection 656858i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores