World War II: hygiene instructions against dysentery and diarrhoea for the British army in Italy. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, 1945.

Hygiene in the British army in Italy: a soldier interprets a statue of Venus lacking the head and an arm as the consequences of venereal disease. Drawing by Stacey Hopper, ca. 1944.

Flies infecting food. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.

Clean, freshly ironed clothes hanging up, and a clean body under a shower. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.

Healthy practices for those using air-raid shelters. Colour lithograph.

The malaria mosquito forming the eye-sockets of a skull, representing death from malaria. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.

World War II: hygiene instructions against typhus for the British army in Italy. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, 1944.

A dirty foot mark. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.

Ventilation of soldiers' quarters. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 37.4 x 24.8 cm.

World War II: a soldier refusing to use anti-mosquito cream: they are his last words, as he dies of malaria. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, ca. 1944.

1 drawing : pencil, pen and ink and ink wash ; sheet 38 x 50.2 cm

1 drawing : grey wash ; sheet 17.2 x 26.3 cm

World War II: ambulance drivers in Naples awaiting arrival of wounded soldiers from the Anzio campaign. Wash drawing by Stacey Hopper, 1944.

1 print : lithograph, printed in black, grey, red and green ; sheet 37.5 x 24.7 cm

1 print : lithograph, printed in black and red ; sheet 33 x 20.3 cm

A sailor seen through a porthole misses his ship; representing the soldier left behind due to his infection with a sexually transmitted disease. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, 1945.

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World War, 1939-1945 - Sanitation

Images from the collections

Images about World War, 1939-1945 - Sanitation

Works from the collections

World War II: a soldier refusing to use anti-mosquito cream: they are his last words, as he dies of malaria. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, ca. 1944.

Hygiene in the British army in Italy: a soldier interprets a statue of Venus lacking the head and an arm as the consequences of venereal disease. Drawing by Stacey Hopper, ca. 1944.

World War II: ambulance drivers in Naples awaiting arrival of wounded soldiers from the Anzio campaign. Wash drawing by Stacey Hopper, 1944.

Flies infecting food. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.

A sailor seen through a porthole misses his ship; representing the soldier left behind due to his infection with a sexually transmitted disease. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, 1945.

World War, 1939-1945 - Sanitation

Images from the collections

Images about World War, 1939-1945 - Sanitation

Works from the collections

World War II: a soldier refusing to use anti-mosquito cream: they are his last words, as he dies of malaria. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, ca. 1944.

Hygiene in the British army in Italy: a soldier interprets a statue of Venus lacking the head and an arm as the consequences of venereal disease. Drawing by Stacey Hopper, ca. 1944.

World War II: ambulance drivers in Naples awaiting arrival of wounded soldiers from the Anzio campaign. Wash drawing by Stacey Hopper, 1944.

Flies infecting food. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.

A sailor seen through a porthole misses his ship; representing the soldier left behind due to his infection with a sexually transmitted disease. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, 1945.

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