An apothecary wearing a gown and skull cap, pouring fluid from a bottle. Chalk drawing by or after H. Stacy Marks.
- Marks, Henry Stacy, 1829-1898.
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- 37878i
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Previous title, replaced September 2023 : A chemist in a gown and skull cap, pouring fluid from a bottle. Chalk drawing.
Description
The shelf and table contains flasks, a mortar, funnels and botanical drawings. The arm of a skeleton (Death?) reaches down from the top right corner, curling around a portrait of a young woman
Physical description
1 drawing : grey and black chalk
Contributors
Lettering
A composition by Henry Stacy Marks, representing the apothecary in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1876
Creator/production credits
Top of the artist's initials visible, but indistinct, in bottom right corner
Reference
Wellcome Collection 37878i
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Location Status Access Closed stores