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  • A cat and a dog facing each other on top of a ladder. Etching by J. Y. Carrington, 18--.
  • An episode in Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet": the nurse enters Juliet's bedroom to awaken her, but finds her apparently dead. Line engraving by E. Smith after J.M. Wright.
  • Juliet, kneeling between the bodies of Romeo and Paris in the burial crypt of the Capulets, is about to stab herself in the chest with a dagger while a group of torch-carrying soldiers arrives in the background. Etching.
  • An apothecary in his laboratory concocting a mixture. Wood engraving by F.Mc F (?) after, 1876, after H.S. Marks.
  • An apothecary in his laboratory concocting a mixture. Wood engraving by F.Mc F (?) after, 1876, after H.S. Marks.
  • The amateur actor Robert Coates dreaming about his success on the stage in the role of Romeo. Aquatint attributed to "The Caricaturist General", 1812.
  • An apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving, ca. 1750.
  • An apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving, ca. 1750.
  • Romeo giving money to an apothecary for a poison that will enable him to kill himself. Mezzotint, 17--.
  • William Gladstone, dressed as Juliet, is sobbing at the departure of Joseph Chamberlain, dressed as Romeo, who is about to leave through the window. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 27 March 1886.