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Chromolithograph after A. Faivre.
1 print : chromolithograph, printed in colours ; image 38.4 x 31.4 cm

The three named quacks occupy the top of the shield, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal which another holds. Two pairs of crossed human…

1 print : 11 x 16 cm.
Technique:
engraving

Process print of a wood engraving
1 process print ; image 20.2 x 27.3 cm

1 drawing : pencil, with gouache and wash

1 print : 54 x 44 cm.
Provenance:
Purchase; 1967.
Technique:
aquatint and etching

note: the gender ambiguity of the 'demons'

From the cornucopia next to Bacchus tumbles a mixture of money, games (including playing cards, dice and a chessboard), medicine bottles, cups and ladles. To the right, Hygieia, daughter of Asklepios, holds the latter's attributes: a cock, and a…

Contents
The family M.D. The obscene M.D. The obstetric M.D. who makes the diseases of women his particular study. The mesmeric M.D.
Lettering note
The central column is a nine point list of the principles of Morison's system. A similar version to…

The doctor is accompanied by a black assistant who wears a crown and carries a basket of medicines, with a handbill saying "All sorts of incurable disorder cured"
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 19.6 x 24.9 cm
Lettering continues:…