Quack Doctor Collection

The dentist, 1523. Creator: Lucas van Leyden
The dentist, 1523. A dentist, clad in a large, fanciful hat and an ornate robe, probing the teeth of a clearly agonised, impoverished peasant

The quack, 1648. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The quack, 1648. A quack doctor is selling his medicines in a tent, probably part of a village fair. He assumes an air of learning as he praises the known effects of his medication

Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creators: Joseph Keppler, Bernhard Gillam
Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889

AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Physician who treated victims of bubonic plague, wearing an ankle-length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask

AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Physician who treated victims of bubonic plague, wearing an ankle-length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask

The Quack Doctor, after 1763. Creator: Pietro Longhi
The Quack Doctor, after 1763

Removing the Rocks in the Head, c.1550-c.1600. Creator: Unknown
Removing the Rocks in the Head, c.1550-c.1600

The Quack, c.1619-c.1625. Creator: Anon
The Quack, c.1619-c.1625

The quack, 1650-1679. Creator: Jan Steen
The quack, 1650-1679. Attributed to Jan Havicksz. Steen

The quack, 1650-1660. Creator: Jan Steen
The quack, 1650-1660

The Quacksalver, 1648. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Quacksalver, 1648

Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist, 1651. Creator: Johannes Lingelbach
Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist, 1651. Other Title(s): Marketplace in an Italian Town, with an Itinerant Toothpuller

The Charlatan (recto), and Two Standing Figures (verso), n.d. Creators: Gerard Terborch II, Unknown
The Charlatan (recto), and Two Standing Figures (verso), n.d

The Tooth Puller, plate nine from Selection of Pictures from Venetian Collections, 1765. Creator: Giacomo Leonardis
The Tooth Puller, plate nine from Selection of Pictures from Venetian Collections, 1765

Plate Three, from Marriage à la Mode, 1746. Creator: Bernard Baron
Plate Three, from Marriage a la Mode, 1746

The Cupper (Kopster), 1695. Creator: Cornelis Dusart
The Cupper (Kopster), 1695

A Strange Case of Epizooty, from Puck, n.d. Creator: Joseph Keppler
A Strange Case of Epizooty, from Puck, n.d

Marriage a la Mode: pl. 3, 1745. Creator: Bernard Baron
Marriage a la Mode: pl. 3, 1745

Cunicularii, or the Wise Men of Godlimon in Consultation, December 1726

Quack Doctor, G. W. Stevens in His Lecture on Heads, October 10, 1793

Plate 40 from Los Caprichos : Of what ill will he die? (De que mal morira?), 1799

Plate 33 from Los Caprichos : To the Count Palatine (Al Conde Palatino. ), 1799
Plate 33 from Los Caprichos :To the Count Palatine (Al Conde Palatino.), 1799

The Quacksalver (copy). n. d. Creator: Unknown
The Quacksalver (copy).n.d

The Quack, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Quack, 1610-85

The Quack, 1610-85. Creator: Unknown
The Quack, 1610-85

Brandy or Cure Seller, mid to late 17th century. Creator: Abraham Bosse
Brandy or Cure Seller, mid to late 17th century

The Quack Dentist, 1765. Creator: Giacomo Leonardis
The Quack Dentist, 1765

Quae Genus with a Quack Doctor, from The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Lit
Quae Genus with a Quack Doctor, from " The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax", October 1, 1821

Legerdemain, 1799 (?). 1799 (?). Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Legerdemain, 1799 (?)

A Bawd on her Last Legs, 1792. 1792. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Bawd on her Last Legs, 1792

A Bawd on her Last Legs, October 1, 1792. October 1, 1792. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Bawd on her Last Legs, October 1, 1792

A Going! A Going!!!, June 10, 1809. June 10, 1809. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Going! A Going!!!, June 10, 1809

A Going! A Going!!!, [1809], reissued 1813. [1809], reissued 1813
A Going! A Going!!!, [1809], reissued 1813

The Consultation, or Last Hope, June 30, 1808. June 30, 1808. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Consultation, or Last Hope, June 30, 1808

The Lovesick Maiden, ca. 1660. Creator: Jan Steen
The Lovesick Maiden, ca. 1660

A Mountebank of Old London, (1928). Creator: Unknown
A Mountebank of Old London, (1928). Portrait of Dutchman Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman, with his monkey. After The Infallible Mountebank, or Quack Doctor

See Sir, see here, a Doctor Rare, Cries of London, (c1688?)
See Sir, see here, a Doctor Rare, (c1688?). A quack doctor accompanied by a monkey. His case and a number of small bottles are on the ground. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

A view in St Pauls Churchyard on a windy day, 1740. Artist
A view in St Pauls Churchyard on a windy day, 1740. Col Dalmahoy in a remarkable wig makes a pass at a young woman. The barbers boy has dropped wig boxes marked Dr Rock

Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection, c1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection, c1743. The nobleman is in the house of Dr Misaubin, no 96 St Martins Lane. He threatens the quack with his cane for having prescribed pills which proved

Loopt Loopt Met Groot Verblyden, , Hier Salmen twyf van Lije Snyden, 17th century. Artist: HW Weydman
Loopt Loopt Met Groot Verblyden, Hier Salmen twyf van Lije Snyden, 17th century. This image shows a quack doctor about to make an incision in a womans head to remove the stones that are supposedly

An Intinerant Doctor at Tien-sing, 1843. Artist: P Lightfoot
An Intinerant Doctor at Tien-sing, 1843. After Thomas Allom (1804?1872). From China Illustrated, by Thomas Allom. [Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris, 1843]

The Sick Goose and the Council of Health, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Sick Goose and the Council of Health, 19th century. Satire on quack doctors and their patent medicines

The Charlatan At The Louvre, Paris, (1885). Artist: Jean Duplessis-Bertaux
The Charlatan At The Louvre, Paris, (1885). An 18th-century quack plays to a crowd

The German Charlatan, (1885). Artist: Jean Duplessis-Bertaux
The German Charlatan, (1885). An 18th-century quack doctor advertises his wares to a crowd

The charlatan of the Middle Ages, c1900. French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection

James Graham, Scottish quack doctor, 1795. Artist: John Kay
James Graham, Scottish quack doctor, 1795. Graham (1745-1794) set up the Temple of Health in The Adelphi, London. He used milk baths, friction, electricity and magnetism in the treatments he offered

Treatment of Tuberculosis using electricity, 1901. Francisque Crotte demonstrating his cure for tuberculosis using electricity produced by an electrostatic machine

A Quack in the Right Place, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
A Quack in the Right Place; Or, What we Should Like to See, 1864. A quack doctor is pelted with his own preparations, together with carrots and the occasional dead cat

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