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  • 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--.
  • An apothecary composed of the attributes of the trade. Line engraving.
  • A witch placing a scorpion into a pot in order to make a potion. Etching by F. Landerer after M. Schmidt.
  • Old Parr, an elderly apothecary with an extremely long beard mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar. Pen drawing by Matthews(?), 1861(?).
  • A design for a pharmacy label with snakes, an alligator, symbols and urns. Pen drawing.
  • An alchemist working with his assistants at a crucible. Etching by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
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Mortars
Pharmacists
Medicine bottles
Apothecary jars
Materia medica
Medicine - Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Costume
Apprentices
Surgeons
Scales (Weighing instruments)