A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.

  • Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835.
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1821
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20995i
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Roma : [publisher not identified], 1821.

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1 print : etching ; platemark 32.2 x 41.3 cm

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Il ciarlatano, in Roma. Pinelli inv. et inc. The salesman is holding a box full of medicines which has "Sanitas" inscribed on it. In the background, a papal coat of arms

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Wellcome Collection 20995i

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