Punch,  15 (1848), 173.

The Alderman and the Apothecary

Anon

Genre:

Illustration, Satire

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals


    Illustration to accompany PU1/15/17/3. Shows a Corporation of London alderman and an apothecary conversing in a street in a slum area of London. The caption duplicates much of the text of the accompanying article and indicates that the latter is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.



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