A soldier in 19th-century costume (hussar?) defending the peoples of the world by spraying flies with a spray gun of Flit insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1930.
- Date:
- [193?-?]
- Reference:
- 676494i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The Flit soldier sprays Flit (pyrethrum) over women in national dress from Japan, the Netherlands, Egypt, Italy etc.
Publication/Creation
[Austria] : [publisher not identified], [193?-?] (Graz ; Buro - Wien [Vienna] : Alfred Wall)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 123.5 x 92.4 cm
Lettering
Flit schützt alle Welt
Creator/production credits
Flies are in style similar to that of Dr Seuss (Theodore Seuss Geisel), who did work for Flit from ca. 1927. Could this be one of his designs?
Reference
Wellcome Collection 676494i
Type/Technique
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores