Mercury and his Advocates Defeated, or Vegetable Intrenchment
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Title
Mercury and his Advocates Defeated, or Vegetable Intrenchment
Subject
Isaac Swainson promoting his 'Velnos syrup', facing an onslaught of rival practitioners advocating mercury. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1789.
Description
1 print : etching, with watercolour
shears on the ground
shears on the ground
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Source
Wellcome
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/cc9r3rgk
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/cc9r3rgk
Publisher
[London] (3 Piccadilly) : W. Fores, 29 November 1789.
Contributor
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VI, London 1938, no. 7592
Collection
Citation
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
, “Mercury and his Advocates Defeated, or Vegetable Intrenchment,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/201.