Desgenettes, médecin en chef de l'armeé d'Egypte, s'inocule la peste en présence des soldats malades afin de calmer leur imagination

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Artist/Maker	Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. (Printers) Pierre Antoine Augustin Vafflard (artist)
Place of origin	Paris (printed)

Lithograph portrait of Desgenettes, the principal medical officer in the French army during Napoleon's siege of Acre in 1799, demonstrating the principle and technique of innoculation to plague ridden troops. Lettered with title and 'Galerie Militaire. Vafflard. Imp.Lith. de G.Engelmann, rue Cassette No.18 Paris'.

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Categories	Prints Health War
Object type	Lithograph
Title	Desgenettes, médecin en chef de l'armeé d'Egypte, s'inocule la peste en présence des soldats malades afin de calmer leur imagination (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph Paper Lithography
Brief description	Lithograph after a drawing by Pierre Vafflard entitled 'Desgenettes, médecin en chef de l'armeé d'Egypte, s'inocule la peste en présence des soldats malades afin de calmer leur imagination', plate 27 from a set of 100 in the 'Galerie des Militaires français qui à diffrentes époques se sont distingués par leur courage’. France, ca.1820-1835.
Physical description	Lithograph portrait of Desgenettes, the principal medical officer in the French army during Napoleon's siege of Acre in 1799, demonstrating the principle and technique of innoculation to plague ridden troops. Lettered with title and 'Galerie Militaire. Vafflard. Imp.Lith. de G.Engelmann, rue Cassette No.18 Paris'.
Dimensions	Height: 24.7cm Width: 33.6cm Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line	Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted	Plagues Illness Sickness Armies Troops Doctors Medicine Desgenettes Siege of Acre
Place depicted	Acre
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SP.598

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1105684/desgenettes-médecin-en-chef-de-lithograph-pierre-antoine-augustin/

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