Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Below title: Docteur ambulant a Tien-sing ; Der wanderende Doctor zu Tien-sing., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks; Medicine in China.
Publisher:
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Medicine shows, Patent medicines, Snakes, Spectators, Medicines, and Ethnic stereotypes
Title in lower margin center., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., Date of publication derived from printmaker's date of death., Above image at left: Pinakothek., Dou's painting dated 1652., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Child care, Country life, Medicine shows, Patent medicines, Spectators, Children, Mothers, Dogs, Hunters, and Wheelbarrows
Title from item., Date and place of publication from item., Description from British Museum website: A broadside satire on the quack Richard Rock shown standing on the foot board of his chaise in Covent Garden; the horse, somewhat cross-eyed, standing quietly. He is finely dressed and holds a cup in one hand. His medicine chest stands open behind him, and his hat hangs inside the hood of the chaise. To the right of the chaise is a hunchbacked (?) man, possibly Rock's assistant, or toady, under whose arm is a package of books lettered "Dr. Rock 52 ways f[ro]m Ratlife" . Among the the crowd gathered around Rock are, on the left, two soldiers, one with a sword and wearing spatterdashes who may be intended as a blind man, has his hand on the shoulder of a bald man who holds his hat in his hand, gazing distractedly at Rock; behind Rock is a man apparently on horseback; on the right, a pregnant gin seller who has a large open basket slung from her waist in which are glasses and wicker bottles, the basket is lettered "S[an]d[y]'s Public spirit" (a reference to the recent Act of Parliament relaxing the law against gin), a another poorly clad woman with a large fish (?) basket resting against her leg, and a man offering a coin to Rock. To the right of the chaise can be seen the pillar with a sun-dial and globe which stood in Covent Garden market. Below, letterpress text satirising Rock with allusions to contemporary political affairs, including a probable reference to George II's frequent visits to Hanover, described as "an itch for Rambling"., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published April 2d, 1743, according to Act of Parliament, by G. Foster, at the White Horse, on Ludgate-Hill, and G. Bickham in May's-Buildings, Cove[nt-Garden, London--lacking]
Subject (Name):
Rock, Richard, 1690?-1777.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Great Britain, Politics and government, Physicians, Spectators, Medicine shows, Selling, and Horses
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Trimmed sheet., See: British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires in the department of prints and drawings in the British Museum, no. 8183, This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Bossey, Dr.; Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Medicine shows, Spectators, and Monkeys
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., 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):
Lockyer, Lionel, 1600?-1672.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Spectators, Monkeys, Horses, Selling, Medicine shows, and Patent medicines
Title and date from item., Published: The Illustrated London News, 4 September 1886., Illustration for "The World Went Very Well Then" by Walter Besant., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Quacks and quackery.
Subject (Topic):
Medicine shows, Spectators, Patent medicines, Clowns, Stages (Platforms)., Horses, Mortars & pestles, and Musicians
"Fox, as a quack doctor, addresses a mob from the front of a platform which rests upon five beer-barrels inscribed 'Whitbreads entire' (cf. BMSat 8638). Four other mountebanks are performing. Fox wears the full wig and old-fashioned laced coat and waistcoat of a doctor; he points to a young man (Bedford) behind him (left) who stands on his head, coins pouring from his pocket into a box. A Pierrot (Grey) stands behind the platform holding a trumpet and saying: "Turn me Grey Gemmen if I dont read you the particulars of his curing 30,000 Patients in one day; when Brother cit. has done tumbling". On a slack-rope stretching across the left part of the platform is little Lord Lauderdale, holding a balancing pole. He and Bedford are dressed as acrobats. On the right is the doctor's zany, Sheridan, wearing a fool's cap and a tunic and trousers dotted with representations of the Devil. He scatters, and kicks towards the spectators below him, a shower of paper scrolls inscribed: 'An Infaliable cure for a bad constitution'; 'Aether for Arguments'; 'Caustics for Crimps' [cf. BMSat 8484]; 'Mercury for Ministers'; 'Preparations against Prosecution'; 'Powder [cf. BMSat 8629] for Placemen' [twice]; 'Pain for the Poor' [cf. BMSat 8146]; 'A Rope for Reeves' [cf. BMSat 8699]; 'Gibets for Justices' [cf. BMSat 8686]; 'Aqua Regis for Royalists'. The crowd (right), who are three-quarter length, eagerly hold out their hands to catch the papers. Next the platform is a well-dressed man resembling Grafton. The man on the extreme right is a butcher wearing a bonnet-rouge. Fox says: "Dis is de first Tumbler in de Vorld Gemmen, dat is Citoyen de Bedforado, who vas stand so long upon his head dat all de money vas Tumble out of his pockets; de Next is Citoyen Van Lathertalo, who's trick upon de slack rope are delightfull it is expected he vil von Day dance on de Tight Rope ha ha!!" The men and women composing the crowd on the left all raise a hand in affirmation; all are shouting. A man dressed as a militiaman, standing prominently beside the platform, raises a hand from which two fingers are missing; he shouts "All. All." Perhaps Edward Hall, 'Liberty Hall'."--British Museum online catalogues
Alternative Title:
Palace yard pranks
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified by British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: NB folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Quacks' zanies -- Acrobats -- Pierrot -- Rope-walking -- Musical instruments: trumpet -- Reference to the meeting in Palace Yard, November 16, 1795 -- Bills: reference to Seditious Meetings and Treasonable Practices bills -- Fool's cap - Money: coins -- Allusion to Samuel Whitbread, 1764-1815., Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials E & P 1794 below., and Mounted on top and bottom to 32 cm.
Publisher:
Published No. 20, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
Subject (Topic):
Medicine shows, Quacks & quackery, Politicians, Acrobats, Aerialists, Clowns, Money, Barrels, and Spectators
Title from item, in English and French., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from dedicatory inscription., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Original painting dated 1652., 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: Mountebanks., and Mounted.
Publisher:
To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine, Reigning Duke of Bavaria ... dedicated by His Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants Valentine Green, [Rupert Green (partially trimmed)]
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Child care, Medicine shows, Country life, Spectators, Monkeys, Patent medicines, Children, Child rearing, Umbrellas, Wheelbarrows, and Dogs
Title from item, in English and French., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from dedicatory inscription., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Original painting dated 1652., 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: Mountebanks., and Mounted.
Publisher:
To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine, Reigning Duke of Bavaria ... dedicated by His Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants Valentine Green, [Rupert Green (partially trimmed)]
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Child care, Medicine shows, Country life, Spectators, Monkeys, Patent medicines, Children, Child rearing, Umbrellas, Wheelbarrows, and Dogs
Title supplied by curator., Date and place of publication derived from style of print., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Children, Country life, Sheep, Spectators, Medicine shows, Peddlers, and Stages (Platforms).
