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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’.
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
Wellcome Collection
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