A box, a bottle and a tube for ointment, pills and tablets. Pen and pencil drawing by E. Hodgkin, ca. 1969.
- Hodgkin, Eliot, 1905-1987.
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- [ca. 1969]
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Three generations of pharmaceutical packaging are shown: the moulded round box for ointment or pills, the glass shouldered bottle with printed label on the front, and the screwtop tube for tablets. They are shown from the side, as objects on a bedside table seen from the bed
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Eliot Hodgkin
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[ca. 1969]
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1 drawing : pencil ; sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
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- English
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A box, a bottle and a tube for ointment, pills and tablets. Pen and pencil drawing by E. Hodgkin, ca. 1969. Credit: Wellcome Collection no. 2497376i. Copyright to The Estate of Eliot Hodgkin. CC BY
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