M0000796: Lithograph from the "Plague series" by Felix Jenewein: a mother bearing her child's coffin

Previous title, replaced May 2020: An episode during the plague at Milan

Colour lithograph depicting a mother bearing her child's coffin in a funeral procession for victims of the plague. One of a series of works depicting plague by Felix Jenewein (1857-1905), Czech painter and lithographer. Related images: M0000797, V0010656.

12 May 1930

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 10128i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.