Jenner Seeing Off Anti-Vaxxers Tea Towel

An 1808 coloured etching by Cruikshank featuring ‘The saviour of the human race’ Edward Jenner and his colleagues chasing off unscrupulous vaccination opponents. The caption underneath reads ‘Vaccination against smallpox, or mercenary & merciless spreaders of death & devastation driven out of society!’ From the archives of the Wellcome Collection. Part of our Absorbing Facts range.