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Cholera Collection

Background imageCholera Collection: Water! Water! Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink, 1849

Water! Water! Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink, 1849. Comment on the London water supply during the reappearance of cholera in 1848 and 1849

Background imageCholera Collection: Vaccinating Germans for Cholera, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Vaccinating Germans for Cholera, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Vaccinating Germans for Cholera, between 1914 and c1915.

Background imageCholera Collection: Illuminations in the Largo Mercatello, Naples, on the Birth of a Prince, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Illuminations in the Largo Mercatello, Naples, on the Birth of a Prince, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Illuminations in the Largo Mercatello, Naples, on the Birth of a Prince, 1857. View of...the spontaneous rejoicings of the Neapolitan people...[following the announcement of]...the most happy

Background imageCholera Collection: The Duke of Orleans visiting the sick at Hotel-Dieu during the cholera epidemic of 1832

The Duke of Orleans visiting the sick at Hotel-Dieu during the cholera epidemic of 1832. Creator: Alfred Johannot
The Duke of Orleans visiting the sick at Hotel-Dieu during the cholera epidemic of 1832

Background imageCholera Collection: Plate presented to the Ex-Mayor of Swansea, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Plate presented to the Ex-Mayor of Swansea, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Plate presented to the Ex-Mayor of Swansea, 1850. Plate presented to the Ex-Mayor of Swansea, 1850. The inhabitants of Swansea presented Mayor M. J

Background imageCholera Collection: Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Middlesex, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Middlesex, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Middlesex, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by M. Claudet. Dr. Lankester has been many years before the public

Background imageCholera Collection: Father Thames introducing his offspring to the fair city of London. 1858

Father Thames introducing his offspring to the fair city of London. 1858. (A design for a Fresco in the New Houses of Parliament.) Father Thames introduces his children, Diptheria

Background imageCholera Collection: Glenarm, Co. Antrim, mid-late 19th century. Creator: James Howard Burgess

Glenarm, Co. Antrim, mid-late 19th century. Creator: James Howard Burgess
Glenarm, Co. Antrim, mid-late 19th century. View of the village of Glenarm in County Antrim, situated on the north west coast of (Northern) Ireland. A cholera epidemic afflicted the town in 1854

Background imageCholera Collection: The Late Capt. Montriou, of the Indian Navy, 1857. Creator: Unknown

The Late Capt. Montriou, of the Indian Navy, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Late Capt. Montriou, of the Indian Navy, 1857. This meritorious officer, who had served continuously for thirty-two years in the service of Government in India

Background imageCholera Collection: The late Brigadier-General Tylden, 1854. Creator: Unknown

The late Brigadier-General Tylden, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The late Brigadier-General Tylden, 1854. Portrait of William Burton Tylden, British Army officer of the Royal Engineers who served for 43 years....he served at Gibraltar and in Sicily

Background imageCholera Collection: Portrait of William Beans Magruder (1810-1869), Before 1869. Creator: Unknown

Portrait of William Beans Magruder (1810-1869), Before 1869. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of William Beans Magruder (1810-1869), Before 1869

Background imageCholera Collection: Get vaccinated against cholera, 1920. Creator: Ivanov, Sergey Ivanovich (1885-1942)

Get vaccinated against cholera, 1920. Creator: Ivanov, Sergey Ivanovich (1885-1942)
Get vaccinated against cholera, 1920. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Background imageCholera Collection: A religious cholera procession in rural Russia (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution)

A religious cholera procession in rural Russia (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution), c. 1920. Private Collection

Background imageCholera Collection: Scene at a cholera barracks (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution), c

Scene at a cholera barracks (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution), c. 1920. Private Collection

Background imageCholera Collection: The Sick Goose and the Council of Health, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank

The Sick Goose and the Council of Health, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Sick Goose and the Council of Health, 19th century. Satire on quack doctors and their patent medicines

Background imageCholera Collection: Cholera in Russia, the troubles in Astrakhan, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer

Cholera in Russia, the troubles in Astrakhan, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Cholera in Russia, the troubles in Astrakhan, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 6th August 1892

Background imageCholera Collection: The Duke of Orleans During the Cholera Epidemic, c1830. Artist: Alfred Johannot

The Duke of Orleans During the Cholera Epidemic, c1830. Artist: Alfred Johannot
The Duke of Orleans Visiting the Sick at L Hotel-Dieu During the Cholera Epidemic in 1832, c1830

Background imageCholera Collection: Parce Domine, detail, c1884. Artist: Leon Adolphe Willette

Parce Domine, detail, c1884. Artist: Leon Adolphe Willette
Parce Domine, detail, c1884. Decoration for the cabaret Le Chat Noir. From the collection of the Musee du Vieux Montmartre, Paris, France

Background imageCholera Collection: A Court for King Cholera, 1852

A Court for King Cholera, 1852. A scene typical of the crowded, unsanitary conditions in London slums. Cholera first appeared in Britain in 1831

Background imageCholera Collection: Cholera, 1912

Cholera, 1912. Death, the grim reaper, decimating a column of Turkish soldiers During the First Balkan War (1912-1913) between Turkey and the Balkan League (Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro)

Background imageCholera Collection: Mistaking Cause for Effect, 1849

Mistaking Cause for Effect, 1849. A boy thinks the Water Board man is turning on cholera. Cholera first appeared in Britain in 1831

Background imageCholera Collection: Britannia holding back Cholera at British ports, 1892. Artist: John Tenniel

Britannia holding back Cholera at British ports, 1892. Artist: John Tenniel
Britannia holding back Cholera at British ports, 1892. In an outbreak of the water-borne disease in 1892 about 260, 000 died in Russia and 7600 in Hamburg. An epidemic was prevented in Britain

Background imageCholera Collection: Robert Koch (1843-1910), German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory

Robert Koch (1843-1910), German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory
Robert Koch (1843-1910, German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory. In 1890 Koch introduced Tuberculin which he thought a cure for Tuberculosis)

Background imageCholera Collection: Cholera amongst victims of famine in China

Cholera amongst victims of famine in China. Government officials mobbed by starving people. Hands of woman on mattress at right are in typical cholera attitude

Background imageCholera Collection: Cholera patient

Cholera patient. Patient in typical cholera attitude. From French medical book published c1890

Background imageCholera Collection: Cholera quarantine in Italy

Cholera quarantine in Italy. Travellers from Switzerland en route for Italy being kept in quarantine at Bardonnechia, Italy, for five days. Illustration published London, 16 August 1884

Background imageCholera Collection: Cholera epidemic in Naples

Cholera epidemic in Naples, government ministers visiting a hospital, Wood engraving, published Paris 1884


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