Object Details
- printer
- Motte, C
- artist
- Brekenlenkamp, Quiryn Van
- engraver
- Greux, Gustave Marie
- printer
- Chardon, Charles
- Description
- Satirical print of medical remedies ranging from enemas, to potions, to reliance on St. James, the apostle who travelled to Iberia and is identified by his cockle shells. The text at the bottom reads “Envain pour les guérir on accourt à leur aide / La rage est dans le Coeur, il n’est plus de remède.” The “Imp. Lithog. de C. Motte” inscription at the bottom right refers to the Paris lithographer, Charles Etienne Pierre Motte (1785-1836).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 17th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0002
- catalog number
- M-06267
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 960
- Object Name
- Other Terms
- print; Art Objects
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- lithography (overall production method/technique)
- white (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 30.8 cm x 40.5 cm; 12 1/8 in x 15 15/16 in
- image: 26.3 cm x 20.8 cm; 10 3/8 in x 8 3/16 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Benezit, Emmanuel. Dictionnaire des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Title
- “Essai de G…son”
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993969
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-0f77-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
