"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 inscribed 'Killing No Murder' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 11371]. At his feet are many ducks, all angrily quacking: 'quack!!'; 'quack!!!'; or (one) 'cruel quack'. He says, quoting a nursery rhyme, 'Come, Dilly, Dilly, Dilly, come and be killed!!!' The principal board is headed 'To the Public', with the Royal Arms. Inscriptions: 'A Receipt of my Grandmothers | Decline Arrested | Consumption prevented | A Cure for all diseases | By The Simple | process of | Skinning Alive | protected by the | NOBILITY | and a House-Full of | Ladies | of the first Distinction | Dr Needy, Harley-Street | NO QUACKERY'. On both flanking boards are a grinning skull and cross-bones inscribed 'momento [sic] mori'; on one (left) are wine-glasses, tankard, and bottle and 'A Short Life and a Merry one'; (right) 'N.B. . Short Accounts make LONG Friends'. Behind is a funeral procession with two coffins, preceded by a duck. This passes the railings of a London square. Behind are houses, on one of which is a hatchment, and a church-steeple on which prances a tiny devil flourishing a trident."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Oracle of Harley Street
Description:
Title etched below image., Second title etched above image: The Oracle of Harley Street., Signed at bottom of plate with the initials "J.D.R." followed by a depiction of an artist's palette., Possibly etched by 'Sharpshooter' (the pseduonym of John Phillips); see British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Consumption -- Funerals -- Manslaughter -- Drugs.
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
Title from item., Date and printmaker supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Above image: L'imagination.; No. 15., Published in Le Charivari, 19 August 1833., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert, galerie véro dodat and L. de Bénard r. de l'Abbaye
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Malpractice, Imagination, Death & burial, Dead persons, Coffins, and Demons
Title in French etched above image., Title in English from "Five Hundred Years of Medicine in Art"., Place of publication derived from artist's place of residence., Artist's name etched on plate at lower left., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters., and "James Ensor 1895" in pencil at lower right.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Malpractice, Medical fees, Death (Personification)., Skeletons, Body parts, Death, Medical equipment & supplies, and Sick persons
Title below image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from Puck's city of origin., Above image: Puck., Published in Puck, 14 April 1880., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery.
Subject (Topic):
Medical students, Medical education, Physicians, Malpractice, Mills, Teachers, Diplomas, and Cemeteries
