Contagion Collection (#5)

Proclamation issued by the Lord Mayor of London during the Great Plague, 1665 (engraving)
7201739 Proclamation issued by the Lord Mayor of London during the Great Plague, 1665 (engraving) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bill of mortality in London, 15-22 August 1665 (engraving)
7201758 Bill of mortality in London, 15-22 August 1665 (engraving) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bill of mortality in London, 15-22 August 1665)

Mortality in the Great Plague in London, 1665-1666 (litho)
7201754 Mortality in the Great Plague in London, 1665-1666 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mortality in the Great Plague in London, 1665-1666)

Title page of Plague Orders, 1665 (engraving)
7201745 Title page of Plague Orders, 1665 (engraving) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Title page of Plague Orders)

Stink pot used in fuming during the Great Plague of London, 1665-1666 (litho)
7201741 Stink pot used in fuming during the Great Plague of London, 1665-1666 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Rat flea, carrier of the plague (litho)
7201733 Rat flea, carrier of the plague (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rat flea, carrier of the plague)

Sick girl sleeping (litho)
7201419 Sick girl sleeping (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sick girl sleeping. Illustration from What To Do If Its Catching (Newton Chambers and Co Ltd)

Plague episode (pen & Indian ink wash on paper)
XIR414621 Plague episode (pen & Indian ink wash on paper) by David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825); 13.5x19.6 cm; Louvre (Cabinet de dessins), Paris

A Plague at the Time of King David
FIA5368865 A Plague at the Time of King David by Kivshenko, Aleksei Danilovich (1851-95); Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts

Pendant une epidemie (During an epidemic). Brancardiers evacuant le corps d une femme morte d une maison pour la mettre
FIA5354409 Pendant une epidemie (During an epidemic). Brancardiers evacuant le corps d une femme morte d une maison pour la mettre dans une charrette avec d autres cadavres

Ambitious (litho)
7149608 Ambitious (litho) by Dyson, Will (1880-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ambitious. Illustration from Kultur Cartoons (Stanley Paul & Co, London, 1915).); © Look and Learn

The Plague of 1665 (engraving)
7192585 The Plague of 1665 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Plague of 1665)

Plague of Athens, Ancient Greece, 430 BC (engraving)
7173429 Plague of Athens, Ancient Greece, 430 BC (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plague of Athens, Ancient Greece, 430 BC)

Spread of the Great Plague of London, 1665 (litho)
7201743 Spread of the Great Plague of London, 1665 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spread of the Great Plague of London, 1665)

Signs of infectious complaints (litho)
7201421 Signs of infectious complaints (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Signs of infectious complaints)

Bill of deaths in London, 1665 (engraving)
7201753 Bill of deaths in London, 1665 (engraving) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bill of deaths in London, 1665)

Deaths from the Great Plague of London, 1665 (engraving)
7201746 Deaths from the Great Plague of London, 1665 (engraving) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Deaths from the Great Plague of London, 1665)

Bacillus of plague (litho)
7201736 Bacillus of plague (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacillus of plague. Illustration from The Great Plague in London in 1665)

Leonard Holt conveying the Packet to the Grocer (engraving)
725518 Leonard Holt conveying the Packet to the Grocer (engraving) by Franklin, John (c.1800-c.1868); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leonard Holt conveying the Packet to the Grocer)

Germs broadcast by sneezing and coughing (litho)
7201418 Germs broadcast by sneezing and coughing (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Germs broadcast by sneezing and coughing)

Over sea and river, 1904
6318676 Over sea and river, 1904 by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); 44x66 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Seven angels emptying seven bowls filled with Gods wrath (engraving)
7172497 Seven angels emptying seven bowls filled with Gods wrath (engraving) by European School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The abyss and the locusts (engraving)
7172495 The abyss and the locusts (engraving) by European School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The abyss and the locusts (Revelation 9)

Priest visiting a leper in the Middle Ages, illustration from Histoire de France by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)
CHT164376 Priest visiting a leper in the Middle Ages, illustration from Histoire de France by Jules Michelet (1798-1874) (colour engraving) by Bombled

The sounding of the first four of the seven angels trumpets (engraving)
7172493 The sounding of the first four of the seven angels trumpets (engraving) by European School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Woman reading booklet with advice for her sick child (litho)
7201417 Woman reading booklet with advice for her sick child (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman reading booklet with advice for her sick child)

Geographical distribution of the Great Plague of London, 1665-1666 (litho)
7201755 Geographical distribution of the Great Plague of London, 1665-1666 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

London, 17th Century (woodcut)
7201735 London, 17th Century (woodcut) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: London, 17th Century)

St. Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Stricken, 1497-99 (oil on panel)
WLT204689 St. Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Stricken, 1497-99 (oil on panel) by Lieferinxe, Josse (Master of St. Sebastian) (fl.1493-1508); 81.8x55.4 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

View of the Town Hall, Marseilles during the Plague of 1720 (oil on canvas)
XMB52281 View of the Town Hall, Marseilles during the Plague of 1720 (oil on canvas) by Serre, Michel (1658-1753); 306x277 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France; French, out of copyright

The Theatre of Death: Plague (mixed media)
BEN360197 The Theatre of Death: Plague (mixed media) by Zumbo, Gaetano Giulio (1656-1701); Museo della Specola, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Il Teatro della Morte)

The first 2 victims of the Plague in Noja, small town of Puglia in Italy - in "
XEE4114417 The first 2 victims of the Plague in Noja, small town of Puglia in Italy - in " Storia d Italia", 1864

Saint Charles Borromee communicating pestiferes The Italian prelate Charles Borromee
LRI4611591 Saint Charles Borromee communicating pestiferes The Italian prelate Charles Borromee (1538-1584) gives communion to the sick during the outbreak of the plague of Milan in 1576

Saint Charles Borromee baptizing a child. The dead sheep
JLJ4619020 Saint Charles Borromee baptizing a child. The dead sheep and the sketches of layers of bodies next to which a man closes his nose so as not to breathe the smell suggests that the drawing

Bible of Royaumont, Old Testament: Fleau of the Plague. And David having made the shading
XEE4138128 Bible of Royaumont, Old Testament: Fleau of the Plague. And David having made the shading of all his people by a vanite movement

General Bonaparte visited the Pestiferous Hospital in Jaffa on May 25, 1799
XEE4411360 General Bonaparte visited the Pestiferous Hospital in Jaffa on May 25, 1799. Illustration of the 19th century. by Unknown Artist

Constative Code of Secretic Diseases - Exposing the external
LSE4402512 Constative Code of Secretic Diseases - Exposing the external and internal signs to which people infected with it will be recognized, as well as the means to prevent it

Borromee communicating pestiferes. Saint Charles Borromee (Carlo Borromeo
JLJ4600677 Borromee communicating pestiferes. Saint Charles Borromee (Carlo Borromeo, 1538-1584) communicating the pestiferes of Milan during the plague of 1576

Cover of "The Butter Plate", number 393, Satirical in Colors
ICA4909329 Cover of " The Butter Plate", number 393, Satirical in Colors, 1908_10_10: Medical, Russia, Cholera, Tsarism - Illustration by George of Ostoya-Sochinsky (D Ostoya) (1878-1937)

The enigma. Painting by Gustave Dore (1832 - 1883), 1871. Oil on canvas
JLJ4675809 The enigma. Painting by Gustave Dore (1832 - 1883), 1871. Oil on canvas. Dim: 1, 30 X 1, 95m. Paris, Musee d Orsay by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Musee d Orsay, Paris

8th Crusade: The death of Saint Louis (Louis IX) (1214 / 1215-1270
JLJ4648631 8th Crusade: The death of Saint Louis (Louis IX) (1214/1215-1270) from the plague in Tunis. Miniature taken from " Le livre des faits de Monseigneur Saint Louis" 15th century

The English doctor Edouard Jenner (1749-1823) inoculates smallpox on the arm of a new one
GIA4788494 The English doctor Edouard Jenner (1749-1823) inoculates smallpox on the arm of a new one to vaccinate him. The cow from which the serum was taken is at the bottom

portrait of Edward Jenner (1749-1823), English doctor, disouvreur de l
GIA4788461 portrait of Edward Jenner (1749-1823), English doctor, disouvreur de l immunite contre la smallpox. by Unknown Artist

Mal aria Malaria: Italian family fleeing contagion. Painting by Ernest Antoine
JLJ4685144 Mal aria Malaria: Italian family fleeing contagion. Painting by Ernest Antoine Auguste Hebert (1817-1908) 1850 approx. Sun

The Plague of Asdod says the Philistines struck by the Plague Painting by Nicolas Poussin
JLJ4668042 The Plague of Asdod says the Philistines struck by the Plague Painting by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) 17th century Sun

Vow of Doge Nicolo Contarini to the Blessed Lorenzo Giustiniani that he may intercede for
LRI4695385 Vow of Doge Nicolo Contarini to the Blessed Lorenzo Giustiniani that he may intercede for the liberation of Venice from the plague of 1630 (Painting, 17th-18th century) by Bellucci

Saint Roch, Saint Sebastian and Saint Margarita (oil on canvas)
JEB4873628 Saint Roch, Saint Sebastian and Saint Margarita (oil on canvas) by Cariani, Giovanni de Busi (c.1485-p.1547); Palais de Longchamp, Marseille, France; eJean Bernard; Italian

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"Contagion: Unveiling the Invisible Threats of Disease" In a world where coughs and sneezes spread diseases, we are reminded of the power held by unseen enemies. From Typhoid Mary to the haunting Allegory of the Plague in Manchuria, history has witnessed the devastating consequences of contagion. The 18th century saw humanity's attempts to protect themselves against plague through donning protective clothing. A glimpse into that era reveals their desperate struggle for survival amidst an invisible enemy lurking in every corner. Through lithographs from 1906, we catch a glimpse into colonies teeming with dangerous pathogens. Haemophilus influenzae, Mycobacterium leprae, Micrococcus Gonorrhoea - these names echo with dread as they remind us of our vulnerability to microscopic invaders. Streptococcus pneumoniae emerges both with and without its bubble capsule, showcasing how even small variations can alter its impact on human health. The colony stands as a chilling reminder that danger lurks within seemingly harmless organisms. Spirochaetes Borrelia Recurrentis dances menacingly under microscopic scrutiny; it is responsible for Lyme disease and leaves no room for complacency. Vibrio cholerae further emphasizes this point - an organism capable of unleashing chaos upon communities if left unchecked. Even advertisements from centuries past bear witness to society's constant battle against contagion. Eau des Jacobins de Rouen promised protection during mid-nineteenth-century outbreaks when fear gripped hearts tightly. As we navigate our modern world plagued by new threats like COVID-19, let us remember that contagion knows no boundaries or time periods, and is up to us to remain vigilant and take necessary precautions against these invisible foes that have haunted humanity throughout history.