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Lettering continues: "T is geen diogenes die hier staatvoor syn ton, die gemelyke vent, die gisper van de zeden, die gek, die metsyn bek geen enkele stuyver won, 't is Tiatjeron, messieurs, begaast met taal en reden, die salf en oly venten vrolyk…

A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators
1 print : line engraving and etching ; platemark 20.1 x 32.8 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 31.8 x 23.3 cm
Lettering continues: "Allen staenden, leuten, die es am wenigsten glauben, Leuten, die von der Betrügerey leben, diesen ist die Ehr lichkeit, oder welches einerley ist, der Schein der Ehr lichkeit am…

1 print : mezzotint, with watercolour and gouache ; platemark 13.2 x 11.2 cm

Central scene shows rivalry between doctors and their respective quack remedies. The scenes below show 'a few specimens of the public in general!!', while the six scenes at the bottom begin with a fat woman tending pots at a stove, 'Ruling the…

The three named quacks occupy the top of the shield, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal while another holds it. Two pairs of crossed…

The three named quacks occupy the top of the shield, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal which another holds. Two pairs of crossed human…

1 print : etching ; platemark 22.2 x 25 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 24.7 x 34.8 cm