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Rats - Control

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  • Liverpool, England: a large shed at the port: interior showing staff with boxes. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • A rat; representing the battle against rats and mice in the Netherlands. Lithograph by J. Roëde, ca. 1950 (?).
  • A crowd gathered around a mountebank who points to a banner illustrating various methods of execution; to the left stands a rat-catcher. Oil painting after C.W.E. Dietrich (?) after A. van Ostade (?).
  • A diseased rat with scabs and blood, and a long tail; campaign against rats in Denmark. Colour lithograph, 194-(?).
  • Wellington and Peel compared with the Siamese twins (above); a rich bishop and a poor parson; and a street vendor of figurines. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.
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Catalogue

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    A rat eating bread on a plate. Colour lithograph after C. Atkinson, 1951 (?).

    Atkinson, Claude. | Date: [1951?] | Reference: 824450i
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    A cobbled street in Denmark lined with shops and apartments, from which the residents watch rats in the street: campaign against rats in Denmark. Colour lithograph after H. Rasmussen, 196-(?).

    Rasmussen, Helge, poster designer. | Date: [between 1960 and 1969?] | Reference: 825548i
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    The head of a rat: campaign against rats and mice in Folkestone. Colour lithograph, 1951 (?).

    | Date: [1951?] | Reference: 825486i
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    A rat cornered in its hole in a wall, attacked by three bidents, against a pink and red background: campaign against rats in Kuwait. Colour lithograph, 1979.

    | Date: [1979?] | Reference: 979888i
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    A Chinese rat-catcher. Ink drawing, 18--.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 727430i
    Part of: Chinese tradesmen and street-vendors. Drawings, 18--.
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