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A tooth-drawer performing to a crowd accompanied by a howling patient, a monkey and a man dressed in Roman costume. Coloured lithograph by Lavrate(?).
Reference: 16736i
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A travelling tooth-drawer in a carriage extracting a tooth from a patient in front of a village audience. Lithograph.
Reference: 16827i
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A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth he has just extracted on stage to try and sell his skills; his two companions are treating a sick man. Etching after J. Steen (?).
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 20489i
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Doctor Syntax attending a scientific demonstration at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson after W. Combe.
Combe, William, 1742-1823.Date: [1820 ?]Reference: 12075i
Part of: The tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the pleasures and miseries of the metropolis
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A medicine vendor selling antidotes to snake poison. Etching by G.M. Mitelli.
Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, 1634-1718.Reference: 20538i
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Itinerant actors performing on stage in Rome an attempt to sell medicines to local people. Etching by A. Chataignier and engraving by C. Niquet, the elder, 1818, after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after K. Dujardin, 1687.
Dujardin, Karel, 1622-1678Date: 1818Reference: 20593i
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A troupe of travelling performers including a toothdrawer. Line engraving by M. Salvador Carmona, 1805, after T. Rombouts.
Rombouts, Theodoor, 1597-1637.Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 16824i
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A theatrical performance of a tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient, accompanied by a zany. Etching.
Reference: 16527i
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An itinerant medicine vendor demonstrating his wares on a puzzled man in front of an audience, in the background the man's wife is counting out the fee. Process print, 1931, after J. Victors.
Victors, Jan, 1619-1676.Date: 1931Reference: 20484i
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A credulous congregation listening to a sermon by a fiery preacher. Engraving by T. Cook, 1798, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 October 1798Reference: 12090i
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A medicine vendor addressing a crowd. Etching by C.E.C. Hess, 1794, after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Date: Published May 21st 1794Reference: 43236i
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Doctor Humbugs, an itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage. Engraving, ca. 1800.
Date: [1800?]Reference: 2490815i
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An itinerant medicine vendor and tooth-drawer with his company, performing operations and offering medicines for sale from a waggon to a crowd of people in Rome. Wood engraving, 1872.
Date: 11 May 1872Reference: 21053i
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John Wesley preaching outside a church. Engraving.
Reference: 546309i
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Two men performing a show to an audience at a public house, using sign language. Wood engraving, 1875.
Date: [23 January 1875]Reference: 17963i
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The London Institution, Moorfields: the interior of the lecture theatre, a demonstration in progress. Engraving by G. Gladwin after B. Dixie.
Dixie, B.Date: 1820Reference: 26257i
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George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
Lump, J.Date: September 1826Reference: 11836i
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An elaborately dressed medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to an audience, he points to a member of the crowd whose appearence suggests he is a doctor. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819.
Date: 1819Reference: 20946i
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A foppish dentist on stage extracting a tooth from a patient who is being restrained by a man dressed as Pierrot. Coloured etching by A. Auger, 1817.
Auger, Adrien Victor, 1787-1836.Date: 1817Reference: 16488i
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A theatrical itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares on stage to a crowd, assisted by an elaborately dressed man and an owl. Coloured etching.
Reference: 20911i
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A group of itinerant perfomers on stage at a market, attempting to sell some medicines as well as entertain. Engraving by F.A. David after K. Dujardin.
Dujardin, Karel, 1622-1678.Date: [between 1780 and 1789?]Reference: 21176i
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An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares to a family. Etching by A. Ostade.
Reference: 20494i
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A public square in a French port, in which a medicine vendor cries up his wares to an audience of traders and strollers. Coloured aquatint by J. Léveillé, 1785, after A. Borel.
Borel, Antoine, 1743-1810.Date: [1785]Reference: 811674i
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A travelling tooth-drawer holding a tooth up in the air to an audience after extracting it from a howling patient who is seated next to him in a carriage. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux.
Gostiaux, G., 1838-Reference: 16835i
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An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to a large audience in a town square. Engraving.
Reference: 20641i

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A tooth-drawer performing to a crowd accompanied by a howling patient, a monkey and a man dressed in Roman costume. Coloured lithograph by Lavrate(?).

A travelling tooth-drawer in a carriage extracting a tooth from a patient in front of a village audience. Lithograph.

A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth he has just extracted on stage to try and sell his skills; his two companions are treating a sick man. Etching after J. Steen (?).

Doctor Syntax attending a scientific demonstration at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson after W. Combe.

A medicine vendor selling antidotes to snake poison. Etching by G.M. Mitelli.

Itinerant actors performing on stage in Rome an attempt to sell medicines to local people. Etching by A. Chataignier and engraving by C. Niquet, the elder, 1818, after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after K. Dujardin, 1687.

A troupe of travelling performers including a toothdrawer. Line engraving by M. Salvador Carmona, 1805, after T. Rombouts.

A theatrical performance of a tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient, accompanied by a zany. Etching.

An itinerant medicine vendor demonstrating his wares on a puzzled man in front of an audience, in the background the man's wife is counting out the fee. Process print, 1931, after J. Victors.

A credulous congregation listening to a sermon by a fiery preacher. Engraving by T. Cook, 1798, after W. Hogarth.

A medicine vendor addressing a crowd. Etching by C.E.C. Hess, 1794, after G. Dou.

Doctor Humbugs, an itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage. Engraving, ca. 1800.

An itinerant medicine vendor and tooth-drawer with his company, performing operations and offering medicines for sale from a waggon to a crowd of people in Rome. Wood engraving, 1872.

John Wesley preaching outside a church. Engraving.

Two men performing a show to an audience at a public house, using sign language. Wood engraving, 1875.

The London Institution, Moorfields: the interior of the lecture theatre, a demonstration in progress. Engraving by G. Gladwin after B. Dixie.

George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.

An elaborately dressed medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to an audience, he points to a member of the crowd whose appearence suggests he is a doctor. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819.

A foppish dentist on stage extracting a tooth from a patient who is being restrained by a man dressed as Pierrot. Coloured etching by A. Auger, 1817.

A theatrical itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares on stage to a crowd, assisted by an elaborately dressed man and an owl. Coloured etching.

A group of itinerant perfomers on stage at a market, attempting to sell some medicines as well as entertain. Engraving by F.A. David after K. Dujardin.

An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares to a family. Etching by A. Ostade.

A public square in a French port, in which a medicine vendor cries up his wares to an audience of traders and strollers. Coloured aquatint by J. Léveillé, 1785, after A. Borel.

A travelling tooth-drawer holding a tooth up in the air to an audience after extracting it from a howling patient who is seated next to him in a carriage. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux.

An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to a large audience in a town square. Engraving.