The Bruising Apothecary. Images of Pharmacy and Medicine in Caricature

1989

Storage: Medical WZ336 R888

London: Pharmaceutical Press

One of the Advantages of Oil over Gas, etching by Richard Dighton (February, 1822). This print, originally an etching, shows a woman who has been thrown violently backwards by an explosion from a chemist’s shop. It demonstrates some of the wariness people still had for gas lighting in 1822 but also shows a great array of items commonly used by, and associated with, chemists. Richard Dighton, an English artist in the early decades of nineteenth century, produced this work, the third print of a six part series published under the name of A London Nuisance. The series also included an etching titled: One of the Advantages of Oil over Gas.