A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

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16070i
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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 15.5 x 21.4 cm

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Gare la vaccine. Triomphe de la petite verole Bears number: IX

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Wellcome Collection 16070i

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