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Watercolour of a bald monk holding a glass flask beside a grimacing monk with a head wrap, amid laboratory glassware.

Two monks in a laboratory trying to find a remedy for one monk's toothache. Watercolour by J. Gregory, 1896.

An elderly bald monk with spectacles raises a glass flask in a dim laboratory, while a second monk with a white cloth bound around his head grimaces beside him. Glassware, a glass retort, test tubes and a stoppered jar crowd the wooden table in this watercolour.

Artist
Gregory, J., active 1896.
Date
July 1896
Medium
Watercolors Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3134 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1896.
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

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