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  • Facade and two ground-plans of a Parisian pharmacy. Wood engraving by W.E. Hogkin after M. Rolland.
  • The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries' pharmacy, Water Lane, Blackfriars, London: a woman is served by the pharmacist, who stands behind a high polished wood counter, in front of shelves holding glass pharmacy jars. Photograph, ca. 1935.
  • An Irish man is having a prescription made up in a pharmacy shop, he complains to the pharmacist about the small quantity of medicine he is being given. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1874.
  • An old lady in a pharmacy misunderstanding the use of a thermometer: she thinks the ambient temperature will adjust to match a setting on the thermometer, rather than vice versa. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1887.
  • A seventeenth-century wooden pharmacy counter carved in low relief, the central panel is of an elephant. Photograph.
  • Savory & Moore Ltd, London: the interior of the pharmacy; wooden shelves with labelled bottles and jars holding drugs. Photograph.
  • Some objects from the Musée Pharmacie: a small cabinet with pharmacy bottles and jars and a wooden box decorated with metal. Photograph.
  • Savory & Moore Ltd, London: interior of the pharmacy with a long wooden bench and shelves of labelled bottles and jars holding drugs. Photograph.
  • Mortar with carved wood lion.
  • Mortar with carved wood lion
  • St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: the apothecary's shop. Photograph, c.1890.
  • Villiers Street, Strand: the north-east part, including the shop of William Challice, chemist and druggist; Alsopp's dining and oyster rooms; and a cigar shop. Photograph, 189-.
  • A new apothecary's shop open for business, with parody advertisements for different potions; representing the remedies required for different professions and social types. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1802.
  • A new apothecary's shop open for business, with parody advertisements for different potions; representing the remedies required for different professions and social types. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1802.
  • A new apothecary's shop open for business, with parody advertisements for different potions; representing the remedies required for different professions and social types. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1802.
  • A new apothecary's shop open for business, with parody advertisements for different potions; representing the remedies required for different professions and social types. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1802.