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Concept

Pestles

Images

  • Three despairing women, one of whom looks disapprovingly at three quack medicine vendors concocting a mixture; representing Britain's economic depletion and distress at the hands of her politicians. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.
  • An apothecary using a pestle and mortar to make up a prescription. Coloured etching.
  • A young male apothecary serving two young women in his shop. Coloured lithograph by C. Philipon, ca. 1830.
  • A man composed of pharmaceutical equipment wandering the countryside; representing an apothecary as if he were an itinerant. Coloured lithograph.
  • A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.
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Catalogue

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    Monkeys representing human beings in a tooth-drawer's surgery. Lithograph by L. Haghe after E. Bristow, 1828.

    Bristow, Edmund, 1787-1876. | Date: 1 February 1828 | Reference: 16677i
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    A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

    Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546. | Date: [1542?] | Reference: 23028i
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    An apothecary in his laboratory concocting a mixture. Wood engraving by F.Mc F (?) after, 1876, after H.S. Marks.

    Marks, Henry Stacy, 1829-1898. | Date: 8 July 1876 | Reference: 16363i
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    An apothecary is making up a prescription for waiting customers, another takes a jar down from a shelf. Engraving by J.C. Weigel.

    Weigel, Johann Christoph, 1661-1726. | Date: 1695 | Reference: 16005i
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    A surgeon lancing a grimacing man's shoulder. Engraving by J. Coelemans, 1703, after D. Teniers, the younger, 1678.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 22498i
    Part of: Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France, qui sont à Aix dans le cabinet de M. Boyer d'Aguilles
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