Isaac Swainson promoting his 'Velnos syrup', facing an onslaught of rival practitioners advocating mercury. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1789.

  • Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
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29 November 1789
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10779i
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[London] (3 Piccadilly) : W. Fores, 29 November 1789.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour

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Mercury and his advocates defeated, or vegetable intrenchment.

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British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VI, London 1938, no. 7592

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Wellcome Collection 10779i

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