With the Tower of London visible in the background, a quack doctor on a platform holds up a bottle of medicine before a small crowd of city folk, as his assistant passes out handbills. Among the crowd is a carter with his whip, a chimney sweep's boy, ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
William Allen
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Tower of London (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Sick persons, Quacks, Clothing & dress, Crowds, and City & town life
"An altered copy of British Museum number 3764 (circa 1792), a mezzotint after Dighton. The dress of the two non-barristers has been modernized, one or two background heads have been omitted. The principal barrister has been altered from a grotesque t...
Alternative Title:
Devil among the lawyers
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd by T. O'Callaghan, 11 Bride St., one door from Ross Lane
