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Stowaways

Unauthorized passenger who secretly boards a vehicle

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4 images from works
  • A rat stowing away on a ship, carrying the plague further afield. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A rat on board a ship, carrying the plague further afield. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A stow-away rat on a cart, carrying the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A rat stowing away on a ship, carrying the plague further afield. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

Works from the collections

3 works

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    A stow-away rat on a cart, carrying the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

    Tarter, Albert Lloyd, 1913-1988. | Date: [between 1940 and 1949?] | Reference: 10469i
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    A rat stowing away on a ship, carrying the plague further afield. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

    Tarter, Albert Lloyd, 1913-1988. | Date: [between 1940 and 1949?] | Reference: 10478i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A rat on board a ship, carrying the plague further afield. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

    Tarter, Albert Lloyd, 1913-1988. | Date: [between 1940 and 1949?] | Reference: 10479i

Related topics

Epidemics
Plague
Rats as carriers of disease

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