Un grand fleacuteau la tuberculose – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Un grand fleacuteau la tuberculose, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Un grand fleacuteau la tuberculose
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Its French title, *Un grand fléau la tuberculose*, which translates as "Tuberculosis, a great plague," sets the warning before the image is even read. Signed by F. Galais and dated 1917, this large color lithograph, about 159 by 121 centimeters, was made as a public health poster. Tuberculosis was a leading cause of death in France around the First World War, when wartime hardship, crowded housing and poor nutrition helped the disease spread. The catalog subjects point to sick people and death, so the image likely relies on those figures to drive its message home.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 159 x 121 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Tuberculosis a great plague. Signed: F. Galais. Baltimore Museum donor. Promotional goal: Fr. G32. 1917. Item is no. 210 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BZ · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | Tuberculosis--France--1910-1920. Sick persons--French--1910-1920. Death--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,796 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 685_Un_grand_fleacuteau_la_1917 |
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