A chemist portrayed as a devil concocting poisons. Lithograph, 192- (?).

  • Ponstijn, Jan, 1883-1970.
Date:
[between 1920 and 1929?]
Reference:
995807i
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Description

He has devil's horns and wears spectacles or protective goggles. He has a test-tube and a retort. Fumes emerging from the test-tube are lettered "Giftgas" (poison gas).He is described in the lettering as "The modern poison-mixer"

Publication/Creation

[The Netherlands] : [publisher not identified], [between 1920 and 1929?]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in brown ; sheet 52 x 30.9 cm

Lettering

De moderne giftmenger. JP.

Creator/production credits

Bears monogram JP, identified as Jan Ponstijn

Reference

Wellcome Collection 995807i

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