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Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.

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  • A giant claw pierces the breast of a sleeping naked woman, another naked woman swoops down and stabs the claw with a knife; representing the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • A ghostly skeleton trying to strangle a sick child; representing diphtheria. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • The angel of death (a winged skeletal creature) drops some deadly substances into a river near a town; representing typhoid. Watercolour, 1912, after R. Cooper.
  • Crowded dark streets full of dead and dying people, bodies are being loaded on to a cart; representing cholera. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

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    People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

    Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957. | Reference: 24007i
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    A provocative naked young woman lying on a bed, death (a cloaked skeleton) sits at her side, a naked man walks away from the bed with his head bowed, towards a throng of diseased and dying people; representing syphilis. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

    Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957. | Reference: 24008i
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    Syphilis. Gouache by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1912.

    Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957. | Date: 1912 | Reference: 44681i
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    A giant hand roaming through the dark streets of London, people and rats try to escape its grasp; representing bubonic plague. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

    Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957. | Reference: 24002i
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    A ghostly skeleton trying to strangle a sick child; representing diphtheria. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

    Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957. | Reference: 24006i

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