A figure of an apothecary standing before a desk; his body is formed from the tools of his trade: vials, mortar and pestle, funnels, pill boxes, etc. His neck is a stack of pills. He holds a long scroll in his right "hand".
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by G.E. Madeley, Wellington St., Strand
Subject (Topic):
Hand tools, Mortars & pestles, Pharmacists, and Arcimboldesque figures
An apothecary praying for a host of illnesses to descend on his customers so that he can make more money and "A lean and sour-looking apothecary kneels in profile to the left at a stuffed high-backed elbow-chair, his tricorne hat and gold-headed cane beside him. Behind him (right) are a huge pestle and mortar standing on a block. He prays to 'mighty Esculapius!' to send 'a few smart. Fevers and some obstinate Catarrhs', calls down curses on the 'new-invented waterproof (the earliest instance of the word in the 'O.E.D.' is an advertisement of Jan. 1799), asks for compassion to his book of bad debts, and pins his hopes on the squire's lady having an heir which he may 'bring handsomely into the world ...'."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title printed in letterpress below image., Nineteen lines of letterpress text below title: O mighty Esculapius! hear a poor little man overwhelm'd with misfortunes ..., and One of a series of broadsides. For information on the series, see page 51 in v. 8. of the the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 July 1801 by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden
"Grinning yokels, burlesqued, wheel (right to left) three wheelbarrows; one (right) contains a very fat parson with a gouty leg and grog-blossom nose, who lies on his back, registering impotent rage. Next is a very thin apothecary, holding his gold-headed cane; between his legs is a pestle and mortar containing medicine-bottles, one labelled 'To be well shaken'. On the left is an angry lawyer, holding a bag from which a paper projects. Villagers stand round watching the procession, cheering delightedly. Behind, from among trees, appear a hay-stack, an antique farm or cottage, and a church tower with a large Union flag at its flag-staff."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered "377" in upper right., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Law -- Country Doctors -- Physicians caricatured.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 15th, 1819, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside, London
Title and place of publication from item., Date supplied by curator., In margin top: La Revue Comique., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Compounding of Drugs.
Publisher:
Bureaux de vente, Dénoc & Cie, Rue du Croissant, 13, Paris and Imp. Hayotte, Rue St. Denis, 251, Paris
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Medical care, Cost of., Drugs, Prescribing, Enema, Drugstores, Mortars & pestles, and Hypodermic syringes
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
Alternative Title:
William Wilson, commonly called Mortar Willie
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Apothecaries -- Compounding of drugs.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilson, William, 1709-1815,
Subject (Topic):
Old age, Pharmacists, Drugs, Dosage forms, Mortars & pestles, and Older people
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
Alternative Title:
William Wilson, commonly called Mortar Willie
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Apothecaries -- Compounding of drugs., and 1 print : etching ; plate mark 194 x 152 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilson, William, 1709-1815,
Subject (Topic):
Old age, Pharmacists, Drugs, Dosage forms, Mortars & pestles, and Older people
Title from item., Place of publication and date supplied by curator., Title is followed by seven more lines of verse., Below image right: 66., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Compounding of Drugs.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Pharmaceutical industry, Valentines, Medicines, and Mortars & pestles
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication from item., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Aesculapius (Roman deity).
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacology, Gods, Putti, Mortars & pestles, and Snakes
Title supplied by curator., Plate 48 from: Joseph von Baumeister, Die Welt in Bildern, Vienna: Johann Baptist Wallishausser, 1794., Above image: No. 48., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pharmacy, interior., and Insert of accompanying text.
Publisher:
Verlag ben Johann Baptist Wallishausser, F. F. priv. Buchhändler
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Drugstores, Medicines, Mortars & pestles, and Fish