Reginald McKenna as British Home Secretary asking Æsculapius for help with the microbe "Militancy"; referring to political militancy. Wood engraving.

Date:
1913
Reference:
15777i
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Reginald McKenna as British Home Secretary asking Æsculapius for help with the microbe "Militancy"; referring to political militancy. Wood engraving. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Dialogue includes: Mr. McKenna (to presiding deity of International Medical Congress) "You look as if you knew all about microbes, sir. Couldn't you find me an antidote to this?" Mr. McKenna is holding a little monster who holds a hammer and a burning torch and the words "Militancy" emblazoned across its body. Possibly referring to militant suffragettes: cf. 'The Suffrage movement', The times (London) 24 July 1913: 12, "A revival of militancy. ... the miitant suffragettes have decided on a revival of militancy on a larger scale than before"

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[London], 1913.

Physical description

1 print : wood engraving ; border 25 x 18.1 cm

Lettering

Æsculapius in London.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 15777i

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