[Soldier, nurse, and Grim Reaper]

[Soldier, nurse, and Grim Reaper]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Martínková, Marie, 1886-1972 artist
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
J. Plichta (Publisher), publisher.
Publication:
Prague : Editeur J. Plichta, 1914
Language(s):
Czech
German
Hungarian
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Death
Military Personnel
World War I
Czech Republic
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
A color postcard featuring a soldier sitting in a chair outside and a nurse standing behind him. He is wearing a blue uniform and his eyes are closed. There are flowers laying on his lap. A nurse standing behind him is holding a rosary and dressed in dark clothing with a white head covering and a white armband with a red cross on it. Visible over the soldier's right shoulder is the Grim Reaper, shown as a skeletal figure dressed in a shroud and holding a scythe.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 postcard : 14 x 9 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101721740 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1047615455
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101721740