Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Signed in image, lower left., Temporary local subject terms: Hoaxes: allusion to bottle conjurer Male costume -- Furniture: chest -- Philosopher's stone., Title etched below image., and Traces of burnished lettering in lower right corner of design.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cagliostro, Alessandro,--conte di,--1743-1795--Caricatures and cartoons., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy., Fireplaces., Fraud., Jews,--depicted, Laboratories., Mortars & pestles., and Thermometers.
"A bogus wizard stands raising his wand while a grotesque figure, in answer, snorting fire, emerges in clouds of smoke from a rectangular aperture in the floor (left), dagger in one hand, cup of 'poison' in the other. The dupe, an ugly man in old-fashioned dress, watches terror-struck, while a woman picks his pocket from behind a curtain. A magic circle, with toad, skull, &c, a cat, a book with cabalistic signs, a stuffed crocodile suspended from the ceiling, give the required atmosphere."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Raising the devil
Description:
Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.