The quacks [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The quacks [graphic].
- Contributor
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [17 March 1783]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March 17th 1783 by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand
- Abstract
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Two renowned quacks demonstrate the superiority of each other's experiments and inventions. On the left, Graham, a quack, fashionable doctor and visionary, stands on the glass insulators used in his experiments with electricity and placed on top of a podium in the form of an E.O.(gaming) table, a reference to the illegal gambling he patronized at his residence. He stradles a long tube signed, "Prime conductor / Gentle restorer / Largest in the world." Behind his table stand two gigantic porters employed at his establishment, named here "Gog" and "Magog." The placard around Gog's neck, "The Temple of Health & of Hymen," is an allusion to Graham's 'celestial bed' for cure of sterility. His opponent on the right side of the image, quack, conjurer and showman Katerfelto, crouches next to a cylindrical conductor signed, "Positively Charg'd." The trident inserted in the back end of the conductor touches a grindstone turned by the devil. Electric sparks shoot from its front end and from Katerfelto's right thumb and index finger. Some sparks drip on a toy cannon in front of him firing at Graham. His podium is made of flimsy planks placed atop the container signed, "Reservoir for Dead Insects destroyd by Dr. Katterf[elto]."
- Description
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Title from item.
Sheet trimmed trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted to 28 x 39 cm. - Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 24 x 35 cm.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 783.03.17.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Engravings England London 1783
Etchings England London 1783 - Material
- etching & engraving ;
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
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Graham, James, 1745-1794.
Katerfelto, Gustavus, fl. 1782-1783. - Subject (Topic)
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Electricity
Experiments
Gog and Magog
Quacks
Devil
Medicines
Gambling
Wigs - Subjects
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Graham, James, 1745-1794
Katerfelto, Gustavus, fl. 1782-1783
Electricity > Experiments > Early works to 1800
Gog and Magog
Quacks
Devil
Medicines
Gambling > England > 18th century
Wigs
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6792217
- Object ID (OID)
- 10724728