Getting ready for the sulphurers
Collection:

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

 

Author(s):

Wain, Louis, 1860-1939, artist

 

Contributor(s):

Zwerdling, Michael, former owner

 

Publication:

England : Raphael Tuck & Sons, [1910?]

 

Language(s):

English

 

Format:

Still image

 

Subject(s):

Nurses, Cats

 

Genre(s):

Postcards

 

Abstract:

Postcard featuring a color illustration of many cats. The cat in the foreground is dressed as a nurse and she is carrying several glasses in each hand. She is directing the placement of glasses in each guest room before the guests arrive. There is another cat dressed as a nurse behind a bar. There are two other dressed cats in the background; the cat on the left has a drink on the bar, the cat on the right has a drink in its hand.

 

Extent:

1 postcard : 14 x 9 cm

 

Provenance:

Purchase ; Michael Zwerdling ; 2004 ; 04-22.

 

Technique:

color

 

NLM Unique ID:

101611662

 

NLM Image ID:

D05231

 

Permanent Link:

resource.nlm.nih.gov/101611662