Punch,  8 (1845), 82.

Punch's Valentines for 1845

Anon

Genre:

Illustration, Caricature; Poetry, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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[1] The Vegetable Pill Vendor

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Quackery, Government, Politics


    The illustration depicts Home Secretary James R G Graham as the 'Vegetable Pill Vendor'. The caption argues that Graham's 'measures, spite of puff, / Are always filled with nauseous stuff'. Regards this 'pill-er of the State' as a great quack.




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