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George Washington

Vaccinating the Baby

Author/Artist: Hamman, Ed

Type: Illustration

Topic: Vaccination

Vaccination the Baby, photomechanical reproduction

Vaccinating the Baby shows a doctor visiting a modest country house occupied by two women and a baby. The doctor is prepared to vaccinate the baby, who is reported to be artist's child, while a cat sits pensive under a table and a milkmaid and a cow peer in the half opened door.