This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with a
This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with an opinion or confirm the accuracy of any text appearing alongside or in logical association with the image. Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet. 19th-century artwork depicting the apothecary scene (Act 5, Scene 1) from Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. Titled 'Enter Apothecary', it shows Romeo (right), believing Juliet is dead, visiting an alchemist to buy poison to kill himself. Romeo's words are: 'Come hither Man; I see, that thou art poor; Hold, there's forty ducats'. At top, hanging from the ceiling, is a stuffed crocodile, a common alchemical symbol. This engraving is by English painter and poet William Blake (1757-1827) for an edition of Shakespeare's works illustrated by British painter Henry Fuseli (1741-1825).
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