Painting of "The Poor Apothecary" Framed watercolour of "The Poor Apothecary", a character from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". Inscribed with the following verse from the play: “I do remember an Apothecary –/And hereabouts he dwells – whom late I noted/In tattered weeds, with overwhelming brows,/Culling of simples; meager were his looks,/Sharp misery had worn him to the bones – Shakespeare”. Signed: "G.P.[d]est.". [1775-1825]