A crowd gathered around a mountebank who points to a banner illustrating various methods of execution; to the left stands a rat-catcher who holds a long stick with a cage on top of it from which rats dangle. Etching by C.W.E. Dietrich, 1740, after A. van Ostade.

  • Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.
Date:
1740
Reference:
38321i
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A crowd gathered around a mountebank who points to a banner illustrating various methods of execution; to the left stands a rat-catcher who holds a long stick with a cage on top of it from which rats dangle. Etching by C.W.E. Dietrich, 1740, after A. van Ostade. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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