Axial Commons Image Treasury
Engraving of an apothecary seated in a cluttered shop holding a basket, with hanging alligator and fish above and printed verse below.

An apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving, ca. 1750.

An engraved print shows a seated apothecary in a loose gown and cap, holding a shallow basket of dried materials, in a cluttered shop lined with jars, a mortar and pestle, and hanging alligator and fish. Below the scene, two columns of printed verse frame the image with a title and caption in small type.

Artist
Rock, Doctor, active 1750.
Date
[1750?]
Medium
Intaglio prints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3111 × 4000 px
Download full size
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1760.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: El boticario, grabado con versos, hacia 1750

Un grabado muestra a un boticario sentado, con bata suelta y gorro, sosteniendo una canasta poco profunda con materiales secos, en una tienda abarrotada de frascos, un mortero con mano y un caimán y peces colgados del techo. Debajo de la escena, dos columnas de versos impresos acompañan la imagen con su título.

Português: O boticário, gravura com versos, por volta de 1750

Uma gravura mostra um boticário sentado, com roupão largo e touca, segurando um cesto raso com materiais secos, em uma loja cheia de potes, um almofariz com pilão e um jacaré e peixes pendurados no teto. Abaixo da cena, duas colunas de versos impressos emolduram a imagem com título e legenda.

More from Anatomy and Medicine

Engraved interior scene: a surgeon in a tricorn hat applies cupping to a seated man in a nightcap while an assistant watches; dried fish and jars hang and sit nearby.A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in Pharmacy engraving: a woman in a white cap mixes medicine at a counter with a child; a seated man smokes at right.A female apothecary mixing up a prescription for a child. Etching by G. Greux, 187-, afteEngraved plate of a large fossil ground sloth skeleton standing beside a small human skeleton for scale, with title text across the top.Skeleton of the Megatherium next to a human skeleton. Etching by W. H. Lizars.Woodcut of a brown spider with long legs at the center of concentric web lines, framed by black diagonal lines on aged printed paper.Ortus sanitatis.Oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark brown coat and white cravat, seated before red drapery and a dim landscape.Antony Cass (1776-?1828), surgeon-apothecary at Leeds. Oil painting attributed to William Colour lithograph: a top-hatted man watches policemen carry a figure into a Pharmacie de Lisieux doorway, with a red car in the street behind.An apothecary is standing by the door of his shop and is watching two policemen bring him