Punch,  11 (1846), 145.

Strong Evidence to the Contrary

N, pseud.  [William Newman] *

Genre:

Illustration, Satire

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

N, pseud.  [William Newman] *

Subjects:

Quackery, Medical Treatment


    Depicts a scene in a shop in which a bald shopkeeper reassures a customer that the substance he is recommending is 'warranted to produce a crop of curls on the baldest head within four-and-twenty hours'.



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