A bear wearing a hat and a cloak, selling pills to a group of country folk in Leipzig. Watercolour.

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A bear wearing a hat and a cloak, selling pills to a group of country folk in Leipzig. Watercolour. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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An episode in Richard H. Horne, The good-natured bear: a story for children of all ages, London 1846, chapter IX. That work was illustrated by Frederick Tayler (1806-1889), but whether this watercolour is by him has not been confirmed

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1 painting : watercolour with black ink

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"I addressed the human race on the subject of pills"

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Wellcome Collection 11209i

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