A bedridden girl dies of smallpox, mourned by three people, in a roundel. Etching by P. Adam after A. Devéria, 1824.

  • Devéria, Achille, 1800-1857.
Date:
1824
Reference:
560165i
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Previous title, replaced October 2023 : A bedridden girl dies of smallpox, mourned by three people, in a roundel. Etching by R. Adam after Devéria, 1824.

Description

Outside the roundel, a cow on a pedestal, a flying bat, the staff of Aesculapius, sky, sea and foliage

Publication/Creation

[Paris?] : [publisher not identified], 1824.

Physical description

1 print : etching ; mount 24.7 x 19.5 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Devéria inv. 1824. P.re Adam sculp. Lettering inscribed on the pedestal on which the cow is standing: Jenner

References note

Jean Laran, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, tome premier, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1930, p. 33 ("Vignettes d'apr. Ach. Devéria." by Pierre Adam)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 560165i

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