Object Details
Description (Brief)
A wintry scene of a group of people standing under an apothecary's awning. The building reads "Stad's Apotheek." There are eight people standing by the building's door. There are four men, two women and two children (one boy and one girl). One of the men has a walking stick, and the boy is holding a bottle. In the right hand corner there are two dogs. In the background there is a cathedral, a carriage with three dark figures following it and a woman and child.
A copy of this print exists as a painting dated 1841. It is a watercolor titled "Delivery of Medicine at a Town Apothecary's Shop." It does not match the print exactly however, for the dogs and the woman in the background are missing.
Description
Genre image of local folk huddling at the door of the Stads Apotheek. The inscription at the bottom left refers to the Dutch artist, J. C. d’Arnaud Gerkens (1823-1892). That at the bottom right refers to C. W. Mieling, a printer in Rotterdam.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
ID Number
1991.0664.0038
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-06259
collector/donor number
SAP 952
Object Name
print
Other Terms
print; ART OBJECTS
Physical Description
ink (overall material)
white (overall color)
black (overall color)
lithograph (overall production method/technique)
paper (overall material)
Measurements
image: 18 cm x 25 cm; 7 1/16 in x 9 13/16 in
overall: 24.2 cm x 30.5 cm; 9 1/2 in x 12 in
Related Publication
Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
European Apothecary
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Pharmacy
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_994003