A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.

  • Heath, William, 1795-1840.
Date:
[1828?]
Reference:
12079i

Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: A woman dropping her porcelain tea-cup in horror upon discovering the monstrous contents of a magnified drop of Thames water; revealing the impurity of London drinking water. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828. Source: Wellcome Collection.