Alcoholism as a monstrous boa constrictor which forces a man to drink from a bottle held in its jaws, and crushes him and his wife and children. Colour lithograph by M. Biro, 19--.

  • Biró, Mihály, 1886-1948.
Date:
[between 1900 and 1999]
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653033i
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Alcoholism as a monstrous boa constrictor which forces a man to drink from a bottle held in its jaws, and crushes him and his wife and children. Colour lithograph by M. Biro, 19--. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Possibly yet another allusion to the Laocoön statue in the Vatican, which shows Laocoön and his sons being strangled by monstrous snakes

Publication/Creation

Budapest (VI, Terez-Körút, 40) : Kiadja az Alkohol-Ellenes Egyesületek Országos Ligája, [between 1900 and 1999] (Budapest : Chromolithografia Seidner Plakát & Cimke Gyár)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 93 x 62 cm

Lettering

Az alkohol méreg, öl, butit nyormorba dönt! Biro

Reference

Wellcome Collection 653033i

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