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Grand duché de Toscane. Charlatan dans la place Grand duc à Florence. Jh. Pieraccini del. Levilly lith.

Poster displays various images, including a scorpion (also misconstrued as a crab)

1 print : etching ; platemark 21.7 x 29.6 cm

1 print : mezzotint, with gouache and watercolour ; platemark 14.9 x 11. cm

The pill-box probably contains remedies for venereal disease. The larger machine is for reducing a dislocated shoulder while the smaller one provides an elaborate way of drawing a cork from a bottle. The doctor polishes his spectacles beside a human…

1 print : etching ; platemark 17.1 x 14.1 cm

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour.

John Bull is crying: "Murder! if you get it down it will ruin my constitution", the paper that is being forced down his throat is entitled: "Catholic Emancipation". Wellington says: "Hold - him fast - Bob - I'll soon make him swallow it - there it…

1 print : stipple engraving with etching

From the cornucopia next to Bacchus tumbles a mixture of money, games (including playing cards, dice and a chessboard), medicine bottles, cups and ladles. To the right, Hygieia, daughter of Asklepios, holds the latter's attributes: a cock, and a…