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Death as a lethal confectioner making up sweets using arsenic and plaster of Paris as ingredients; representing the toxic adulteration of sweets in the 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1858.
Lettering: The great lozenge-maker. A hint to Paterfamilias. JL.
Creator
- John Leech
- John Leech
Subject
- Victorian
- Poison
- Skeleton
- Skeleton
Type of item
- Wood engravings
Creator
- John Leech
- John Leech
Subject
- Victorian
- Poison
- Skeleton
- Skeleton
Type of item
- Wood engravings
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- L0078890
Identifier
- L0078890
- b1465511
- Iconographic Collection 47061i
- h5h9rfxh
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:18:04.576Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:18:04.576Z