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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-, after Q.G. van Brekelenkam.

An engraved pharmacy interior shows a woman in a white cap and headdress mixing medicine at a counter while a small child in a dark dress stands beside her. At right, a seated man in a long coat smokes a pipe, and shelves of glass bottles and jars fill the back wall in soft window light.

Artist
Quirijn van Brekelenkam
Date
1870-1879
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3118 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1879.
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: Interior de una farmacia, grabado según Van Brekelenkam

Un grabado muestra el interior de una farmacia, donde una mujer con cofia blanca prepara medicina sobre un mostrador mientras una niña pequeña, con vestido oscuro, está a su lado. A la derecha, un hombre sentado con abrigo largo fuma en pipa, y estantes con frascos y botellas de vidrio llenan la pared del fondo.

Português: Interior de uma farmácia, gravura após Van Brekelenkam

Uma gravura mostra o interior de uma farmácia, onde uma mulher de touca branca prepara um remédio sobre o balcão enquanto uma criança pequena, de vestido escuro, está ao seu lado. À direita, um homem sentado, de casaco comprido, fuma cachimbo, e prateleiras com frascos e garrafas de vidro cobrem a parede do fundo.

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