The infallible mountebank, or quack doctor [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The infallible mountebank, or quack doctor [graphic].
- Contributor
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Laroon, Marcellus, 1679-1772, artist.
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library) - Published / Created
- [ca. 1688-1705]
- Publication Place
- England
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Description
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Title from item.
Date from copy in British Museum.
Part of image after Marcellus Laroon.
Description from the British Museum copy: A satiricial broadside on Hans Buling, a Dutch mountebank in London; with an engraving partly after Marcellus Laroon, showing an interior with the quack doctor Buling on the left, bearded and dressed in an elaborate costume with cape, a broad collar and soft-brimmed hat, holding in his right hand a sheet of paper, in his left a small medicine bottle, at his feet to the left a medical chest, bottles, spatulas, and at his feet to his right a monkey; in the right background a curtain from which a Merry Andrew emerges, dressed in a Harlequin costume; with engraved title and verses in two columns.
This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing. - Extent
- 1 print : trimmed sheet 32.5 x 23.0 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Call Number
- Print00702
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works)
Engravings - Material
- engraving ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Buling, Hand, active approximately 1670-1680.
- Subject (Topic)
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Quacks and quackery
Patent medicines
Medical equipment and supplies
Medicine shows
Monkeys
Clowns - Subjects
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Buling, Hand, active approximately 1670-1680
Quacks and quackery
Patent medicines
Medical equipment and supplies
Medicine shows
Monkeys
Clowns
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
- 16182698
- Object ID (OID)
- 17338512