An itinerant salesman selling amulets against the bites of snakes and other animals to a crowd of people who purchase them eagerly. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1815.

  • Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835.
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1815
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20943i
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Roma : [publisher not identified], 1815.

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1 print : etching ; platemark 21.7 x 29.6 cm

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Il ciarlatano in piazza. Pinelli fece 1815. Bears number: 43

References note

David Gentilcore, Medical charlatanism in early modern Italy, Oxford 2006, pp. 44-45 (reproduced)

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Wellcome Collection 20943i

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