29 results filtered with: Impostors and imposture
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A man dressed in costume as a theatrical caricature of a doctor. Line engraving.
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An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a carriage to a crowd of people on the Pont-Neuf, Paris. Process print after G. de Saint-Aubin.
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A itinerant medicine vendor demonstrating a deceptive illusion to an audience, he is pretending to burn a man's back and then use ointment to clear up the burns, in order to sell his wares. Etching.
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The son of Tabeal. A sermon occasion'd by the French invasion in favour of the Pretender. Preach'd March 14. 1707/8. By Thomas Bradbury.
Bradbury, Thomas, 1677-1759.Date: M.DCC.VIII. [1708]- Pictures
A bogus wizard appears to raise a devil out of the ground for a customer whose pocket is picked by the wizard's accomplice. Coloured print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1800.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1800Reference: 46992i- Books
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Famous impostors / by Bram Stoker.
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.Date: 1910- Books
Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds / by Charles Mackay ; with facsimile title pages and reproductions of original illustrations from the editions of 1841 and 1852 ; with a foreword by Bernard M. Baruch.
Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889.Date: [1972, ©1932]- Books
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Authentic anecdotes of George Lukins, the Yatton doemoniac; with a view of the controversy, and a full refutation of the imposture / By Samuel Norman.
Norman, Samuel.Date: [1788?]- Pictures
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J. St. John Long (a dubious medical practitioner) dressed as a funeral mourner surrounded by ducks and placards which advertise several malpractice cases of his in which patients died. Coloured etching attributed to A. Sharpshooter, 1830.
Sharpshooter, A.Date: 8 September 1830Reference: 21000i- Pictures
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Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman, demonstrating his wares with the aid of a monkey. Engraving by G. Walker, 1792, after M. Laroon.
Laroon, Marcellus, 1653-1702.Date: 10 July 1793Reference: 20589i- Books
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The devil of Delphos, or, the prophets of Baal: containing an account of a notorious impostor, call'd Sabatai Sevi, pretended Messiah of the Jews, in 1666. Who afterwards turn'd Turk: and of many other impostors in Church and State; as False Christs, and False Prophets from the Rise of Christianity to the Present Times. To which is added, a proof that the present pretended prophets are the prophets of the devil, and not of God.
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Doctor Saltinbanco, a medicine vendor, attacking one of his clients for non-payment. Coloured etching.
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An itinerant medicine vendor performing with props to a crowd in Siena. Engraving by G.B. Polanzani after S. Pacini after G. Mei.
Mei, Bernardino, 1615-1676.Reference: 20517i- Pictures
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An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares in the square of the Grand Duke of Florence. Lithograph by Levilly after F. Pieraccini.
Pieraccini, Francesco.Reference: 20907i- Pictures
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Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman demonstrating his wares with the aid of a monkey. Colour line engraving after M. Laroon.
Laroon, Marcellus, 1653-1702.Reference: 20590i- Books
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The son of Tabeal. A sermon occasion'd by the French invasion in favour of the Pretender. Preach'd March 14. 1707/8. By Thomas Bradbury.
Bradbury, Thomas, 1677-1759.Date: M.DCC.VIII. [1708]- Books
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The imposture detected; or, the mystery and iniquity of Elizabeth Canning's story, displayed: wherein principles are laid down, and a method established, by which all impostures whatever, still prevailing in the world, may be detected; and all future ones for ever prevented from establishing themselves hereafter.
Date: M.DCC.LIII. [1753]- Books
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Les impostures de l'histoire ancienne et profane; ouvrage nécessaire aux jeunes gens, aux instituteurs, & généralement à toutes les personnes qui veulent lire l'histoire avec fruit. ...
Lancellotti, Secondo, 1585-1643.Date: 1770- Pictures
Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman demonstrating his wares with the aid of a monkey. Engraving after M. Laroon.
Laroon, Marcellus, 1653-1702.Reference: 20520i- Books
False prophets.
Kohn, Alexander.Date: 1988- Books
The humbugs of the world / by P.T. Barnum.
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.Date: 1866- Books
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The son of Tabeal. A sermon occasion'd by the French invasion in favour of the Pretender. Preach'd March 14. 1707/8. By Thomas Bradbury.
Bradbury, Thomas, 1677-1759.Date: M.DCC.VIII. [1708]- Pictures
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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.
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Authentic fakes : religion and American popular culture / David Chidester.
Chidester, DavidDate: [2005], ©2005- Pictures
Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine vendor, dressed in theatrical costume while selling his wares, assisted by another costumed person and a monkey. Engraving by I.R. Cruikshank after a Delft plate by B.S., 1750.
S., B., active 1750.Date: 1750Reference: 20586i