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Hand-coloured [modern] etching, 'Le ministère attaqué du Choléra morbus', from the journal 'La Caricature', c.1840.

Inscription
Le ministere attaque du Cholera morbus
La Caricature No. 79.
Production date
1831
Production place
France
Production person
Granvillez
Labels
Hand-coloured etching 'Le ministere du Cholera morbus', from the journal 'La Caricature', c.1840. From the collection of Professor Sydney Selwyn.
This object was part of the collection of renowned Leeds-born microbiologist Professor Sydney Selwyn (1934-1996), and was kindly donated to the museum by his family.

Robin Price’s obituary of Professor Selwyn includes the following extract:
“… As microbiologist, traveller, photographer, lover of music, and historian of medicine, there were few interests that Sydney Selwyn did not touch with distinction. For him, all his interests were one, and to hear his discourse in full flight was to recognize something of an inner connectivity perceived in all things. His areas of knowledge and enthusiasm were indeed legion…”
Full obituary: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1043908/pdf/medhist00027-0108.pdf

Part 959.043

Classification:
5120: Advertising giveaways
Object Name:
etching
Location:
In Storage