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Quackery Collection

"Unveiling the Charlatans: A Journey into the World of Quackery" Step right up and witness the bizarre world of quackery

Background imageQuackery Collection: Phrenology bust by L. N. Fowler

Phrenology bust by L. N. Fowler
Phrenology bust by L.N. Fowler. Phrenology was a popular pseudoscience of the nineteenth century

Background imageQuackery Collection: Animal magnetism, satirical artwork

Animal magnetism, satirical artwork
Animal magnetism. Satirical artwork depicting a patient and animal magnetism practitioner with animal heads

Background imageQuackery Collection: Dentistry, satirical artwork

Dentistry, satirical artwork
Dentistry. Satirical artwork titled Without Effort, showing a dentist and his assistant removing a patients tooth in a public display area

Background imageQuackery Collection: Phrenology bust

Phrenology bust. Phrenology was a popular pseudoscience of the nineteenth century

Background imageQuackery Collection: Advertisement for Harness world famed Electropathic Belts, c. 1890 (engraving)

Advertisement for Harness world famed Electropathic Belts, c. 1890 (engraving)
XJF486362 Advertisement for Harness world famed Electropathic Belts, c.1890 (engraving) by English School

Background imageQuackery Collection: Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creators: Joseph Keppler, Bernhard Gillam

Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creators: Joseph Keppler, Bernhard Gillam
Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889

Background imageQuackery Collection: AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Physician who treated victims of bubonic plague, wearing an ankle-length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask

Background imageQuackery Collection: AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Physician who treated victims of bubonic plague, wearing an ankle-length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask

Background imageQuackery Collection: The Quack, c.1619-c.1625. Creator: Anon

The Quack, c.1619-c.1625. Creator: Anon
The Quack, c.1619-c.1625

Background imageQuackery Collection: Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist, 1651. Creator: Johannes Lingelbach

Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist, 1651. Creator: Johannes Lingelbach
Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist, 1651. Other Title(s): Marketplace in an Italian Town, with an Itinerant Toothpuller

Background imageQuackery Collection: The Tooth Puller, 1608. Creator: Caravaggio, Michelangelo (1571-1610)

The Tooth Puller, 1608. Creator: Caravaggio, Michelangelo (1571-1610)
The Tooth Puller, 1608. Found in the collection of the Galleria Palatina, Florence

Background imageQuackery Collection: Removing the Rocks in the Head, c. 1550-1600 (oil on panel)

Removing the Rocks in the Head, c. 1550-1600 (oil on panel)
3704072 Removing the Rocks in the Head, c.1550-1600 (oil on panel) by Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) (after); 41.3x30.9 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Background imageQuackery Collection: To Ladies. Advert for Dr John Hoopers Female Pills. Date: 1886

To Ladies. Advert for Dr John Hoopers Female Pills. Date: 1886

Background imageQuackery Collection: Recto; Quack Doctor selling his Wares in the open Air (red chalk on paper)

Recto; Quack Doctor selling his Wares in the open Air (red chalk on paper)
AMO397742 Recto; Quack Doctor selling his Wares in the open Air (red chalk on paper) by Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Background imageQuackery Collection: A Bumper Mistake by Lawson Wood - Phrenology

A Bumper Mistake by Lawson Wood - Phrenology
The Phrenologist: Bless my soul, Sir; your bump of destructiveness is most abnormally large. You must be a soldier. The Subject: Oh, dear no; I m a chauffeur. Date: 1912

Background imageQuackery Collection: Quack (coloured engraving)

Quack (coloured engraving)
3641890 Quack (coloured engraving) by Bennett, Charles Henry (1828-67); Private Collection; (add.info.: Quack)

Background imageQuackery Collection: Palmistry (engraving)

Palmistry (engraving)
3642530 Palmistry (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Palmistry)

Background imageQuackery Collection: A quack medicine seller at a fair in a small town in Germany, 1820 (chromolitho)

A quack medicine seller at a fair in a small town in Germany, 1820 (chromolitho)
2782641 A quack medicine seller at a fair in a small town in Germany, 1820 (chromolitho) by European School

Background imageQuackery Collection: Verso; Quack Doctor seated on Stage, selling his Wares (red chalk on paper)

Verso; Quack Doctor seated on Stage, selling his Wares (red chalk on paper)
AMO397743 Verso; Quack Doctor seated on Stage, selling his Wares (red chalk on paper) by Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; French

Background imageQuackery Collection: The Quack, or Charlatan (engraving)

The Quack, or Charlatan (engraving)
3646779 The Quack, or Charlatan (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Quack, or Charlatan)

Background imageQuackery Collection: Marriage a la Mode, Plate III, The Inspection, illustration from Hogarth Restored

Marriage a la Mode, Plate III, The Inspection, illustration from Hogarth Restored
STC451153 Marriage a la Mode, Plate III, The Inspection, illustration from Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth, re-engraved by Thomas Cook, pub

Background imageQuackery Collection: Marriage a la Mode, Plate III, The Inspection, 1745 (engraving)

Marriage a la Mode, Plate III, The Inspection, 1745 (engraving)
XJF397638 Marriage a la Mode, Plate III, The Inspection, 1745 (engraving) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Private Collection; (add.info.: original in National Gallery)

Background imageQuackery Collection: Quack, satirical artwork

Quack, satirical artwork
Quack. Satirical artwork depicting a quack from Germany

Background imageQuackery Collection: The Charlatan. Artist: Bosch, Hieronymus, (School)

The Charlatan. Artist: Bosch, Hieronymus, (School)
The Charlatan. Found in the collection of Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Background imageQuackery Collection: The Charlatan, ca 1757

The Charlatan, ca 1757. Found in the collection of Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse

Background imageQuackery Collection: The Dentist, 1523. Artist: Leyden, Lucas, van (1489 / 94-1533)

The Dentist, 1523. Artist: Leyden, Lucas, van (1489 / 94-1533)
The Dentist, 1523. Private Collection

Background imageQuackery Collection: The Charlatan. Artist: Tiepolo, Giandomenico (1727-1804)

The Charlatan. Artist: Tiepolo, Giandomenico (1727-1804)
The Charlatan. Found in the collection of Museu Nacional d Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Background imageQuackery Collection: The quacksalver. Artist: Steen, Jan Havicksz (1626-1679)

The quacksalver. Artist: Steen, Jan Havicksz (1626-1679)
The quacksalver. Found in the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Background imageQuackery Collection: The quacksalver, 1620-1625. Artist: Rombouts, Theodor (1597-1637)

The quacksalver, 1620-1625. Artist: Rombouts, Theodor (1597-1637)
The quacksalver, 1620-1625. Found in the collection of Museo del Prado, Madrid

Background imageQuackery Collection: PATENT MEDICINE AD, C1920. American advertisement for nuxated iron, with an endorsement

PATENT MEDICINE AD, C1920. American advertisement for nuxated iron, with an endorsement from Pope Benedict XV, c1920

Background imageQuackery Collection: Quackery Unmasked, or Empiricism Displayed: Dedicated to Doctor Chiron, riding Master to Achilles

Quackery Unmasked, or Empiricism Displayed: Dedicated to Doctor Chiron, riding Master to Achilles
XJF867813 Quackery Unmasked, or Empiricism Displayed: Dedicated to Doctor Chiron, riding Master to Achilles, and Aesculapius, physician extraordinary to the Dead, 1748 (engraving) by English School

Background imageQuackery Collection: Dr. Comicus Selling his Pills, from The Adventures of Dr. Comicus or The Frolicks of Fortune

Dr. Comicus Selling his Pills, from The Adventures of Dr. Comicus or The Frolicks of Fortune
KW2603357 Dr. Comicus Selling his Pills, from The Adventures of Dr

Background imageQuackery Collection: Merchants token, 19th century

Merchants token, 19th century
Metal token for Basil Burchell, Sole Proprietor of the Anodyne Necklace for Children Cutting teeth. The anodyne necklace was a popular quack remedy dating from as early as the 1700s

Background imageQuackery Collection: Vintage health poster

Vintage health poster (early 1900 s)

Background imageQuackery Collection: Vintage patent medicine advertisement

Vintage patent medicine advertisement (late 1800 s). Dr Seth Arnolds Cough Killer medicine was advertised as a cure for coughs, asthma, pneumonia, malaria and many other diseases

Background imageQuackery Collection: Dentistry caricature, 19th century

Dentistry caricature, 19th century
Dentistry caricature. 19th-century artwork titled Hob and Stage Doctor, showing an itinerant tooth drawer pulling a patients tooth with a tooth key at a country fair or market

Background imageQuackery Collection: American newspaper advertisement, 1889, for Dykes Beard Elixir

American newspaper advertisement, 1889, for Dykes Beard Elixir
BEARD ELIXIR AD, 1889. American newspaper advertisement, 1889, for Dykes Beard Elixir

Background imageQuackery Collection: The Improved Home Turko-Russian Folding Bath Cabinet. English newspaper advertisement, 1897

The Improved Home Turko-Russian Folding Bath Cabinet. English newspaper advertisement, 1897
BATH CABINET, 1897. The Improved Home Turko-Russian Folding Bath Cabinet. English newspaper advertisement, 1897

Background imageQuackery Collection: MEDICINE: COUGH CURE. American patent medicine advertisement for Hop Bitters, c1900

MEDICINE: COUGH CURE. American patent medicine advertisement for Hop Bitters, c1900

Background imageQuackery Collection: Artwork of a medical charlatan selling quack cures

Artwork of a medical charlatan selling quack cures
Medical charlatan. Caricature of medical charlatan Georges Fattet selling vials of a " cure-all" medicine

Background imageQuackery Collection: Phrenology chart

Phrenology chart

Background imageQuackery Collection: Phrenology

Phrenology. Computer artwork of the side of a head, with the skull divided into numbered regions, consistent with the nineteenth century pseudoscientific practice of phrenology

Background imageQuackery Collection: Phrenology busts

Phrenology busts, side view. Phrenology was a popular pseudoscience of the nineteenth century

Background imageQuackery Collection: Phrenology model

Phrenology model of a head. The pseudo-science of phrenology was based on the belief that a persons intellect and personality were related to the shape of their skull and scalp

Background imageQuackery Collection: Perkins Tractors, satirical artwork

Perkins Tractors, satirical artwork
Perkins Tractors. Satirical artwork showing the use of Perkins Patent Tractors, two short metal rods drawing out an electrical fluid said to cause disorders

Background imageQuackery Collection: London doctors, satirical artwork

London doctors, satirical artwork
The Company of Undertakers (1736), also known as Consultation of Quacks. This satirical artwork was designed and engraved by the English artist William Hogarth (1697-1764)

Background imageQuackery Collection: Cupping, historical artwork

Cupping, historical artwork
Cupping. Historical artwork showing the use of suction cups, a form of traditional medicine used to bring bad blood to the surface from internal organs

Background imageQuackery Collection: Phrenology head

Phrenology head. Close-up of the eye of a phrenology bust. Phrenology is the study of a persons characteristics by feeling the shape of their head


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"Unveiling the Charlatans: A Journey into the World of Quackery" Step right up and witness the bizarre world of quackery, where snake oil salesmen and charlatans reigned supreme. From phrenology busts by L. N. Fowler to satirical artworks mocking dentistry, this captivating collection exposes the depths of deception. Behold the Phrenology bust, a pseudo-science claiming to reveal one's character through skull bumps. Delve into its controversial history as it gained popularity in an era desperate for answers. Animal magnetism takes center stage next, with satirical artwork shedding light on its absurdity. Witness how mesmerists claimed to harness unseen forces for healing purposes, captivating audiences with their dubious claims. Dentistry too had its fair share of quacks, as depicted in biting satire that exposed their questionable practices. Explore these humorous illustrations that unmasked dental charlatans who preyed upon unsuspecting patients. But wait. The spectacle continues with an advertisement for Harness world famed Electropathic Belts from 1890. Marvel at this engraving promoting belts that promised miraculous cures through electric currents—a prime example exploiting people's desperation for relief. Venturing further back in time, we encounter "Removing the Rocks in the Head, " a thought-provoking oil painting from centuries ago. Discover how even our ancestors fell victim to false remedies and miracle cures. To ladies seeking solutions, Dr John Hooper's Female Pills were marketed as a panacea for all female ailments in 1886. Uncover the truth behind these pills and explore society's vulnerability when faced with medical uncertainties. Witness firsthand a quack doctor selling his wares in open air through red chalk on paper art piece titled "Recto. " Observe how cunning individuals capitalized on public spaces to peddle their dubious potions and elixirs.

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