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  • Anybody ill? : (I'm Doctor Quack) : the popular humorous song / music by Alfred Lee ; sung by Alf. Walker.
  • Anybody ill? : (I'm Doctor Quack) : the popular humorous song / music by Alfred Lee ; sung by Alf. Walker.
  • A crowd watching a troupe of quack-doctors on a stage outside an inn. Oil painting by a Flemish painter, ca. 1640(?).
  • A crowd watching a troupe of quack-doctors on a stage outside an inn. Oil painting by a Flemish painter, ca. 1640(?).
  • A crowd watching a troupe of quack-doctors on a stage outside an inn. Oil painting by a Flemish painter, ca. 1640(?).
  • A doctor angry with his patient for trying quack medicine as well as his own prescription. Wood engraving by H.M. Brock, 1909.
  • A quack claims he can cure a man in the three minutes before his train leaves. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • The quack's song / written by F.C. Burnand ; music by W. Meyer Lutz ; sung ... by Edward Terry in F.C. Burnand's extravaganza "Camaralzaman.".
  • The quack's song / written by F.C. Burnand ; music by W. Meyer Lutz ; sung ... by Edward Terry in F.C. Burnand's extravaganza "Camaralzaman.".
  • The quack's song / written by F.C. Burnand ; music by W. Meyer Lutz ; sung ... by Edward Terry in F.C. Burnand's extravaganza "Camaralzaman.".
  • The quack's song / written by F.C. Burnand ; music by W. Meyer Lutz ; sung ... by Edward Terry in F.C. Burnand's extravaganza "Camaralzaman.".
  • The quack's song / written by F.C. Burnand ; music by W. Meyer Lutz ; sung ... by Edward Terry in F.C. Burnand's extravaganza "Camaralzaman.".
  • The quack's song / written by F.C. Burnand ; music by W. Meyer Lutz ; sung ... by Edward Terry in F.C. Burnand's extravaganza "Camaralzaman.".
  • The quack's song / written by F.C. Burnand ; music by W. Meyer Lutz ; sung ... by Edward Terry in F.C. Burnand's extravaganza "Camaralzaman.".
  • The quack's song / written by F.C. Burnand ; music by W. Meyer Lutz ; sung ... by Edward Terry in F.C. Burnand's extravaganza "Camaralzaman.".
  • The quack's song / written by F.C. Burnand ; music by W. Meyer Lutz ; sung ... by Edward Terry in F.C. Burnand's extravaganza "Camaralzaman.".
  • The quack's song / written by F.C. Burnand ; music by W. Meyer Lutz ; sung ... by Edward Terry in F.C. Burnand's extravaganza "Camaralzaman.".
  • A quack doctor offering a gouty John Bull some medicine while conventional doctors are turned away; referring to British politics. Coloured lithograph attributed to J. Doyle.
  • A quack doctor offering a gouty John Bull some medicine while conventional doctors are turned away; referring to British politics. Coloured lithograph attributed to J. Doyle.
  • A quack doctor offering a gouty John Bull some medicine while conventional doctors are turned away; referring to British politics. Coloured lithograph attributed to J. Doyle.
  • An English fool acting as spokesman for a Dutch quack doctor; an ornate border composed of the paraphernalia of quackery surrounds his proclamation. Engraving by G. Bickham.
  • An English fool acting as spokesman for a Dutch quack doctor; an ornate border composed of the paraphernalia of quackery surrounds his proclamation. Engraving by G. Bickham.
  • W.E. Gladstone as a quack doctor selling remedies from his caravan; representing his advocacy of the Home Rule Bill in Parliament. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1889.
  • In the museum of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Coloured aquatint after William Hogarth.
  • Three despairing women, one of whom looks disapprovingly at three quack medicine vendors concocting a mixture; representing Britain's economic depletion and distress at the hands of her politicians. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.
  • In the cabinet of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745.
  • A husband and wife ask a quack doctor for advice about health: he suggests substituting himself for the husband in the wife's affections, and she agrees. Mezzotint by J. Simon, 17--, after Etienne Jeaurat.
  • A quack and a clown on stage presenting their wares to a hostile audience; referring to various politicians reactions to the replacement of the fixed duty on corn. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1841.
  • A husband and wife ask a quack doctor for advice about health: he suggests substituting himself for the husband in the wife's affections, and she agrees. Engraving by J.J. Balechou, 1743, after E. Jeaurat.
  • A German quack doctor asks a British nurse about a man with a bowel complaint: misunderstanding the doctor, she has served the patient puppies instead of poppies, and an almanac instead of bole ammoniac. Coloured etching, 1803.