Départ du criminel condamné à cueillir le poison du Bohon Upas [graphic]

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Title: Départ du criminel condamné à cueillir le poison du Bohon Upas [graphic]
Creator: Thomas, Rosalie, active 1780s, printmaker
Contributor: Monnet, Charles, 1732-1809?, artist.
Helman, Isidore-Stanislas, 1743-1809, publisher.
Ponce, Nicolas, 1746-1831, printer.
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library)
Published / Created: [approximately 1785]
Publication Place: Paris
Publisher: Se vend à Paris chez Helman, Graveur de Madame, Rue St. Honoré, vis-à-vis l'Hotel de Noailles, No. 315 and Chez Ponce, Graveur de Mgr. Comte d'Artois, Rue St. Hiacinte, No. 19.
Description: 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; a condemned criminal leaves to collect the poisonous sap, with women and children trying to restrain him.
Trimmed sheet.
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Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Poison.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 19.6 x 26.7 cm
Language: French

Genre: Engravings
Material: stipple engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Upas
Criminals
Death
Plant toxins
Families
Face masks
Boxes
Anxiety
Subjects: Upas
Criminals
Death
Plant toxins
Families
Face masks
Boxes
Anxiety

Access: Public
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