The Arsenic Waltz
Anon
Genre: | Illustration, Drollery |
Relevant illustrations: | wdct. |
Subjects: | Narcotics, Adulteration, Disease, Gender |
Another representation of the alarming evidence showing the harmful quantities of arsenic used in making the artificial leaves in women's wreaths. It shows a skeleton of a woman clad in a large crinoline dress with the suspect wreath, being invited to a dance by the skeleton of a man dressed in evening wear. |
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