Even A Queen Can Get The Clap, Original California Venereal Disease Health Care Poster
- ca 1960s
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19 x 28 inches ~ (48 x 71 cm) Queen Victoria$600
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $200 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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Prepared as a Public Service by the Community Services Committee of the Society for Individual Rights (S.I.R.) 83 Sixth Street, San Francisco, For Bay Area Venereal Disease Association (BAVDA) P.O. Box 34 SF 94010, Have a Chek-up Every three Months at the San Francisco City Health Clinic, 250 4th ST -- It's Free!
The image used is Queen Victoria's "Authorized Diamond Jubilee Portrait," taken by photographers W. & D. Downey in 1897 to mark the 60th year of her reign.
Although rumors persist, there is no historical evidence that Queen Victoria had a venereal disease (VD). The likely stems from a confusion between sexually transmitted infections and hemophilia, a genetic bleeding disorder passed down by Victoria.
Please note small loss bottom left corner. This would be restored with linen backing.
