Cholera – French newspaper cover Size:Medium British poster from the Second

British poster from the Second World War (ca

Published by the Committee of Peace and Work

The illustration shows soldiers of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP)

Cover of a 1912 issue of Le Petit Journal

The final stanza of the poem below reads: "Since you're coming to visit me

Cholera – French newspaper cover Size:Medium British poster from the SecondCover of a 1912 issue of Le Petit Journal, a French newspaper, showing cholera as death reaping thousands of corpses. By 1912 the so called sixth cholera pandemic was well under way having begun in India in 1899 it would last until 1923, killing some 800,000 people across the world. This is a reproduction printed professionally on high quality matte paper. See full size guide.