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Self-poisoning

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  • Romeo giving money to an apothecary for a poison that will enable him to kill himself. Mezzotint, 17--.
  • An episode in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens: a crowd gathers around Mr Mantalini who has attempted to poison himself. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
  • A young woman rushes to the aid of a woman (Lady Strawberry) fainting into the arms of servants after taking poison, with her distressed husband (Lord Strawberry) standing nearby. Aquatint.
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    An episode in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens: a crowd gathers around Mr Mantalini who has attempted to poison himself. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

    Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882. | Date: [1839] | Reference: 43002i
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    A young woman rushes to the aid of a woman (Lady Strawberry) fainting into the arms of servants after taking poison, with her distressed husband (Lord Strawberry) standing nearby. Aquatint.

    Bishop, Thomas. | Date: 1811 | Reference: 42827i
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    Romeo giving money to an apothecary for a poison that will enable him to kill himself. Mezzotint, 17--.

    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 15907i
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    Self-poisoning / Geoffrey Robert Burston.

    Burston, Geoffrey Robert. | Date: 1970
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