The Mayor and the Board of Health

Title

Alternative Title

Hold tight, Mr. Mayor, or the Imps of death will slip from their leashes and devour us.

Creator

Henri Julien

Date

April 21, 1877

Subject

Jean-Louis Beaudry

Spatial Coverage

Montreal

Quebec

Canada

Temporal Coverage

1877

19th century

Type

image

Description

Jean-Louis Beaudry, the mayor of Montreal is holding the demons of "Diphtheria," "Cholera," "Smallpox," and "Typhoid fever" by the leash, implying his responsibility to improve health conditions in the city.

Format

Ink on newsprint - Photolithography
37.5 x 28.6 cm

Rights

Reproduced from McCord Museum website according to Creative Commons criteria

Publisher

The Canadian Illustrated News

Provenance

McCord Museum

Rights Holder