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A man applying a plaster to his hand outside in a rural setting; representing the sense of touch. Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1736, after D. Teniers the younger.

A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.

A man wearing a 'german corn plaster', which has caused his leg to shrink. Coloured reproduction of an etching.

A man walking along a country path is attacked by a bodysnatcher hiding behind a brick wall, who asphyxiates him by thrusting a heart-shaped plaster in his face. Coloured etching by Dickey Fubs, 1828.

A man removing a plaster from his hand. Etching attributed to D. Teniers, the younger.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

Burdett, Peel, O'Connell and Wellington in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull with a rope; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.

A barber-surgeon attending to a man's forehead. Oil painting.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

A man writhes in pain after cutting his hand while shaving a piece of wood with a knife; advertising Salveplast wound dressing. Colour lithograph after F. Pedersen, 195-.

A surgeon removing a plaster from the leg of a screaming patient, another bandaged patient waits his turn. Mezzotint by I. Beckett (?) after J. Lingelbach (?).

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Plaster (Pharmacy)

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An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

A man writhes in pain after cutting his hand while shaving a piece of wood with a knife; advertising Salveplast wound dressing. Colour lithograph after F. Pedersen, 195-.

A man walking along a country path is attacked by a bodysnatcher hiding behind a brick wall, who asphyxiates him by thrusting a heart-shaped plaster in his face. Coloured etching by Dickey Fubs, 1828.

A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.

A surgeon removing a plaster from the leg of a screaming patient, another bandaged patient waits his turn. Mezzotint by I. Beckett (?) after J. Lingelbach (?).

Plaster (Pharmacy)

Images from the collections

Images referencing Plaster (Pharmacy)

Works from the collections

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

A man writhes in pain after cutting his hand while shaving a piece of wood with a knife; advertising Salveplast wound dressing. Colour lithograph after F. Pedersen, 195-.

A man walking along a country path is attacked by a bodysnatcher hiding behind a brick wall, who asphyxiates him by thrusting a heart-shaped plaster in his face. Coloured etching by Dickey Fubs, 1828.

A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.

A surgeon removing a plaster from the leg of a screaming patient, another bandaged patient waits his turn. Mezzotint by I. Beckett (?) after J. Lingelbach (?).

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