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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.

Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman demonstrating his wares with the aid of a monkey. Engraving after M. Laroon.

Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman, demonstrating his wares with the aid of a monkey. Engraving by G. Walker, 1792, after M. Laroon.

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.

Two performing itinerant medicine vendors in costume on a horse drawn carriage rehersing their speeches on a country lane as a young woman walks past. Coloured etching.

A man dressed in costume as a theatrical caricature of a doctor. Line engraving.

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.

Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman demonstrating his wares with the aid of a monkey. Colour line engraving after M. Laroon.

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.

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.

Famous impostors / by Bram Stoker.

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A man dressed in costume as a theatrical caricature of a doctor. Line engraving.

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.

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.

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.

Famous impostors / by Bram Stoker.