A Love-Sick Man Taking Some of Doctor Hymen's Pills to Try and Cure Himself

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The man is holding a tub of pills labelled ‘a perfect cure for love’, and on the floor is the lid for the tub labelled ‘Hymen's sugar-coated pills’.

Wellcome Collection

London

Title

A Love-Sick Man Taking Some of Doctor Hymen's Pills to Try and Cure Himself

Medium

watercolour on paper (?)

Measurements

H 17 x W 11 cm

Accession number

11860i

Acquisition method

presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome

Work type

Watercolour

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