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  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Watercolour painting by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Watercolour painting by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • A quack doctor treating her patient's chilblains. Engraving after H.B. Bunbury.
  • A Dutch quack doctor promoting his wares before an audience of townspeople. Etching.
  • A Dutch quack doctor promoting his wares before an audience of townspeople. Etching.
  • Dr. Bossy, the quack of Dr. Bossy with assistants, selling medicines in London
  • An itinerant quack-doctor. Oil painting by an English painter, mid-19th century.
  • An itinerant quack-doctor. Oil painting by an English painter, mid-19th century.
  • An itinerant quack-doctor. Oil painting by an English painter, mid-19th century.
  • An itinerant quack-doctor. Oil painting by an English painter, mid-19th century.
  • An itinerant quack-doctor. Oil painting by an English painter, mid-19th century.
  • Lithographed song sheet cover: 'The Quack's Song' composed by F. C. Burnand and W. Meyer Lutz.
  • Lithographed song sheet cover: 'The Quack's Song' composed by F. C. Burnand and W. Meyer Lutz.
  • A Dutch quack doctor out of his depth on a spirited horse; implying his medical limitations. Engraving.
  • A quack doctor and a dissenting parson selling their respective goods from a fairground booth. Coloured etching, 1795.
  • Anne Manning, a quack doctor, outside her cottage with Betty Upton. Etching, by W.J. White, 1818, after himself.
  • Anne Manning, a quack doctor, outside her cottage with Betty Upton. Etching, by W.J. White, 1818, after himself.
  • A life in 24 silhouettes of Jan Kwak, a successful quack-doctor. Process print after N. Bodenheim, c. 1900.
  • A quack doctor selling his remedies on the streets of London - despite objections. Wood engraving by E.L. Sambourne, 1893.
  • A quack doctor selling his remedies on the streets of London - despite objections. Wood engraving by E.L. Sambourne, 1893.
  • A quack doctor selling his remedies on the streets of London - despite objections. Wood engraving by E.L. Sambourne, 1893.
  • A quack doctor assisting a voluptuous female patient with group magnetic therapy. Etching by J. Barlow, c. 1792, after J. Collings.
  • An affluent man receiving galvanic electric therapy from a French quack doctor, while staring intently out of the window. Coloured etching.
  • An affluent man receiving galvanic electric therapy from a French quack doctor, while staring intently out of the window. Coloured etching.
  • An affluent man receiving galvanic electric therapy from a French quack doctor, while staring intently out of the window. Coloured etching.
  • 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.
  • 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.