A couple buy some narcotics from an apothecary whose assistant, Death, works with a pestle and mortar in the back room. Coloured lithograph by J. Grandville.

  • Grandville, J. J., 1803-1847.
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Voyage pour l'eternité
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A couple buy some narcotics from an apothecary whose assistant, Death, works with a pestle and mortar in the back room. Coloured lithograph by J. Grandville. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Paris (Rue St. Jacques, no. 38) : Bulla ; Paris (Passage Véro-Dodat) : Aubert (Lith. de Langlumé)

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1 print : transfer lithograph, with watercolour.

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Voyage pour l'eternité. ; J. Grandville del. ; Lith de Langlumé ... Lettering continues: Soyez tranquille, j'ai un Garcon qui ne se trompe jamais. [On bottles:] Nitri... Sulpat. D.E.Pot...Aceta...Morphine. Opium. [On jar by Death:] Vomi purgati

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Wellcome Collection 16624i

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