A young barmaid wearing a frilly dormeuse cap and a neckerchief with a breast knot, attends to a group of male customers gathered around the bar. An elderly military officer wearing a saber leans on the bar spooning custard from a glass, while three y...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Bartenders, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, Newspapers, Taverns (Inns), Interiors, Glassware, Bars (Furniture)., Shelving, Hats, and Dogs
"An apothecary's shop, the walls covered by jars closely ranged on shelves, a stuffed fish hanging from the ceiling. Behind a curtain (right) Death, wearing an apron, pounds at a mortar of 'slow Poison', looking gleefully in a mirror to watch the cust...
Alternative Title:
I have a secret art to cure each malady, which men endure
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1- 1814, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Quacks and quackery, Skeletons, Interiors, Drugstores, Pharmacists, Mortars & pestles, Sick persons, Medicines, Shelving, Containers, and Mirrors
