Willm. Wilson, commonly called Mortar Willie aged 107 / [graphic]

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Title: Willm. Wilson, commonly called Mortar Willie aged 107 / [graphic]
Alternative Title: William Wilson, commonly called Mortar Willie
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1815]
Publication Place: Edinburgh?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Portrait of the drug grinder William Wilson (1709-1815), known as ‘Mortar Willie’, who supposedly worked as a drug grinder for various apothecaries, chemists and druggists in Edinburgh until his 106th year. He is shown seated, using a large pestle and mortar
Description: Title etched below image.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Apothecaries -- Compounding of drugs.
1 print : etching ; plate mark 194 x 152 mm.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 196 x 151 mm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1815
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Wilson, William, 1709-1815,
Subject (Topic): Old age
Pharmacists
Drugs
Dosage forms
Mortars & pestles
Older people
Subjects: Wilson, William, 1709-1815
Old age
Pharmacists
Drugs > Dosage forms
Mortars & pestles
Older people
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1815

Access: Public
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