A pharmacy: the pharmacist (a fox) tries to sell medicines to a customer in pain (a duck, accompanied by his wife). Painting by L.H. Choustrac, 1905.
- Choustrac, L.H., active 1905.
- Date:
- 1905
- Reference:
- 577178i
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Description
The patient has a handkerchief around his jaw, usually a sign of toothache. He reaches with one hand to get money from a bag.The pharmacist would be trying to sell him a pain-killer: he contorts himself in an ingratiating attitude.
Publication/Creation
1905
Physical description
1 painting : watercolour ; image 14.1 x 8.9 cm
Lettering
L.H. Choustrac 1905
The till bears signs: "[C]aisse" ; "Prix [r]eduits"; and another partly obscured by the fox
Creator/production credits
Name of author written indistinctly
Reference
Wellcome Collection 577178i
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