"Long, dressed as a funeral mute or mourner, stands full-face, legs apart, carrying four large boards like a sandwich-man (then "board-man"). Only his draped hat and eyes appear above the central board. In his hand is a staff draped in black which is ...
Alternative Title:
Oracle of Harley Street
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Long, John St. John, 1798-1834
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Malpractice, Quacks, Signs (Notices), and Ducks
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 1st, 1834.
Call Number:
Print01361
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Central scene shows rivalry between doctors and their respective quack remedies. A patient sits helplessly in a chair while proponents of different medicines brawl with each other, overturning tables and chairs. Beneath are a comic strip and a further...
Description:
Title from text beneath largest image at top of sheet.
Publisher:
J. Kendrick?
Subject (Name):
Morison, James, 1770-1840., Solomon, Samuel, -approximately 1818., and Long, John St. John, 1798-1834.
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Quacks and quackery, and Tablets (Medicine)
