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A Giant Hand Roaming Through the Dark Streets of London, People and Rats Try to Escape Its Grasp; Representing Bubonic Plague

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Wellcome Collection

London

Title

A Giant Hand Roaming Through the Dark Streets of London, People and Rats Try to Escape Its Grasp; Representing Bubonic Plague

Medium

watercolour, gouache & pencil on paper (?)

Measurements

H 57 x W 34.9 cm

Accession number

24002i

Acquisition method

commissioned by Henry S. Wellcome, c.1912

Work type

Watercolour

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183 Euston Road, London, Greater London NW1 2BE England

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