Three steeplejacks on a high platform building a chimney, one of them coughing; representing the danger of coughing in the transmission of tuberculosis. Colour lithograph, 19--.
- Humphreys, E. (Designer)
- Date:
- [between 1900 and 1999]
- Reference:
- 978177i
- Pictures
About this work
Publication/Creation
[London] : Issued by the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, [between 1900 and 1999]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 24 x 37.5 cm
Lettering
Dangerous coughing! E. Humphreys
Bears number "13" and a cross with two crossbars, which was adopted as the symbol of the fight against tuberculosis on 23 October 1902 at a Berlin conference, on the suggestion of Gilbert Sersiron.
Bears logo of National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis: letters"NAPT"
Refers to coughing as a path of transmission of tuberculosis
Reference
Wellcome Collection 978177i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores