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Arrivée du criminel condamné à cueillir le poison du Bohon Upas
Title
Arrivée du criminel condamné à cueillir le poison du Bohon Upas [graphic] / Monnet inv. ; Rlie Thomas sculp.
Publication
[Paris] : Se vend à Paris chez Helman, Graveur de Madame, Rue St. Honoré, vis-à-vis l'Hotel de Noailles, No. 315, [approximately 1785]
Manufacture
[Paris] : Chez Ponce, Graveur de Mgr. Comte d'Artois, Rue St. Hiacinte, No. 19.
Physical Description
1 print : stipple engraving ; sheet 19.6 x 26.7 cm
Local Notes
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Poison.
Notes
Title from item.
Date from British Museum website.
Place of publication from item.
In lower margin: Extrait des Voyages de Mr. Forsoeck, Chirurgien Hollandais, présent au départ d'un Criminel, en 1774.
Description from British Museum website: Illustration to the story of the Poison of the Bohon Upas Tree on the island of Java; the condemned criminal arrives to collect the poisonous sap, with previous unsuccessful victims lying dead on the ground.
Sheet trimmed.
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Format
Images
Language
French
Added to Catalog
December 21, 2021
References
Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library. Five hundred years of medicine in art, 129.6
Genre/Form
Engravings.
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