Tea and Sympathy: A Prescription for Nineteenth Century Invalids
A Convalescent by James Tissot, 1876.
(Sheffield City Art Galleries)
(Sheffield City Art Galleries)
A cup of tea is the cure for any ill. And, in times of shock, the more sugar the better. This maxim was as true in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as it is today. There was no illness, personal loss, or otherwise calamitous event to which tea could not be applied with sympathy—and vigor.[…]Continue Reading
