Sujet

Aconite (Aconitum napellus), Monkshood, or Wolfsbane, 1856. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Aconite (Aconitum napellus), Monkshood, or Wolfsbane, 1856. 'Mr. Maciver [of Dingwall in Scotland], had a private dinner party, consisting of [four gentlemen]... and several ladies. After dinner Mr. Gordon complained of a parched mouth, and he and Mr. McDonald, who felt the same inconvenience, retired to the drawing-room...medical aid was called for; but the two priests, after violent vomiting and other painful symptoms of poisoning, expired. Mr. Mackenzie also died...This calamity is attributed to the ignorance of a servant. It appears that the cook had had orders to serve up horseradish with the roast beef at dinner, and directed a young man-servant where to find the root in the garden. Instead of bringing horseradish, however, he had dug up the root of monkshood - a most poisonous herb, which was thus incautiously grated down and added to the sauce used with the roast beef'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

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HRM23A57_041

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Droits gérés

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7,0Mo (341,0Ko) / 9,3cm x 19,1cm / 1095 x 2250 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature flower flowers plant plants British color aconite poison poisonous death accident party century Britain dinner party newspapers press fatal concept incident B&W engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W deaths white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper Unknown Aconitum Monks Hood Monkshood 19th-century wolf's-bane