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Sneezing

Images

  • A monster representing an influenza virus hitting a man over the head as he sits in his armchair. Pen and ink drawing by E. Noble, c. 1918.
  • A soldier coughing over his food in the canteen and spreading germs over his colleagues. Colour lithograph, 1941/1945.
  • A man and a woman applying a handkerchief to a television set showing a sneezing man, to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Colour lithograph after Allan Carter.
  • Lettering urging the use of the handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Lithograph.
  • A man sneezing in a cinema, showing the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after H.M. Bateman, ca. 1951.
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Catalogue

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    A handkerchief trapped in a birdcage, representing the need to prevent the spread of germs by coughs and sneezes. Colour lithograph by D. Dekk, 1946.

    Dekk, Dorrit. | Date: [1946] | Reference: 44094i
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    Three stages in a man's sneezing, represented by the three phases of traffic lights. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 24427i
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    Nine green and red diagrams with Spanish lettering showing how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 675009i
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    Ott's sneeze / Lawrence Norfolk and Neal White.

    Norfolk, Lawrence, 1963- | Date: [2002]
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    Nine green and red diagrams with Albanian lettering on how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 675007i
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