Interieue d'une Pharmacie, or Interior of a Pharmacy
Interieue d'une Pharmacie, or Interior of a Pharmacy
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- Description
- Satirical print of medical remedies ranging from enemas, to potions, to reliance on St. James, the apostle who travelled to Iberia, and is identified by his cockle shells. The text at the bottom reads “Envain pour les guérir on accourt à leur aide / La rage est dans le Coeur, il n’est plus de remède.” The “Imp. Lithog. de C. Motte” inscription at the bottom right refers to the Paris lithographer, Charles Etienne Pierre Motte (1785-1836).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Other Terms
- print; Art Objects
- date made
- 17th century
- printer
- Motte, C
- artist
- Brekenlenkamp, Quiryn Van
- engraver
- Greux, Gustave Marie
- printer
- Chardon, Charles
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- lithography (overall production method/technique)
- white (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 30.8 cm x 40.5 cm; 12 1/8 in x 15 15/16 in
- image: 26.3 cm x 20.8 cm; 10 3/8 in x 8 3/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0002
- catalog number
- M-06267
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 960
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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