Charlatan Collection

Count of St Germain, French alchemist
Count of St Germain (c.1712-1784), French alchemist. St Germain was a French courtier and adventurer who rose to prominence in Europe in the mid-18th century

Animal magnetism, satirical artwork
Animal magnetism. Satirical artwork depicting a patient and animal magnetism practitioner with animal heads. Animal magnetism was developed by the German physician Franz Mesmer (1734-1815)

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

Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Song illustree", ca
ICA4841588 Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - Travel around the world Universal Cosmorama - World

Abecedary: "Doctor Quack". Illustration of the letter " Q" with a fake doctor haranguing people to
NWI4953465 Abecedary: "Doctor Quack". Illustration of the letter " Q" with a fake doctor haranguing people to sell their medicine in the 19th century

Religious satire showing a priest in a barrel preaching to a crowd of misfits and oddities, cows and chickens
FLO4718244 Religious satire showing a priest in a barrel preaching to a crowd of misfits and oddities, cows and chickens. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Sanders after a satirical illustration by

Show of charlatans: tooth snatcher, saltimbanks and musicians on the Pont-Neuf (Pont Neuf)
PCT4271523 Show of charlatans: tooth snatcher, saltimbanks and musicians on the Pont-Neuf (Pont Neuf) in Paris at the time of Louis XIII (17th century)

Engraving depicting the method known as 'Pepper's Ghost'. An image of a 'ghost' is projected onto
UIG5425713 Engraving depicting the method known as 'Pepper's Ghost'. An image of a 'ghost' is projected onto the stage with the use of mirrors and reflected light

Engraving depicting the method known as 'Pepper's Ghost'. An image of a 'ghost' is projected onto
UIG5425709 Engraving depicting the method known as 'Pepper's Ghost'. An image of a 'ghost' is projected onto the stage with the use of mirrors and reflected light

Cartoon commenting on the craze for mediums and table-turning, 19th century
5308860 Cartoon commenting on the craze for mediums and table-turning, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the craze for mediums and table-turning)

Illustration in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - The wax cabinet
ICA4841389 Illustration in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - The wax cabinet; (add.info.: Illustration in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - The wax cabinet); Photo © Caricadoc.

France, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe (72), Le Mans: Marche. A bonimenteur in front of many spectators in blouses
LUX4766891 France, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe (72), Le Mans: Marche. A bonimenteur in front of many spectators in blouses, heats and hats, 1900 - Commerce: E

A strolling vendor of perfumery in the time of Louis XIV, 18th century, the charlatans sold cologne, powders, elixirs
FLO4689511 A strolling vendor of perfumery in the time of Louis XIV, 18th century, the charlatans sold cologne, powders, elixirs, pilllules and opiaces - Engraving by Gabry

Jingle (colour litho)
2775608 Jingle (colour litho) by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jingle, from The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens, 1912)

The fool who sells wisdom: La Fontaine's fable, 19th century (engraving)
PCT4269323 The fool who sells wisdom: La Fontaine's fable, 19th century (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); (add.info.: The fool who sells wisdom)

The charlatan: La Fontaine fable illustrated by Grandville. Edition Garnier 1860
PCT4269311 The charlatan: La Fontaine fable illustrated by Grandville. Edition Garnier 1860. This skipper makes it hard to make every donkey scientist

Queen Marie Antoinette and members of the Royal Court at a bucket session (Mesmer's bucket)
ELD4840237 Queen Marie Antoinette and members of the Royal Court at a bucket session (Mesmer's bucket) The Queen is fainted - (Demonstration by Frederic Antoine Mesmer (Franz Anton Mesmer)

Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Song illustree"
ICA4841524 Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Song illustree", circa 1840 - Pulls the string my wife Optical Scene - Diorama; (add.info)

Street show gives to announce the arrival of a doctor who came to sell his medicine in an English village
NWI4953912 Street show gives to announce the arrival of a doctor who came to sell his medicine in an English village. 19th century

Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Chanson illustree", ca
ICA4841489 Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Chanson illustree", ca. 1840 - La cle des songes Treat des simples - Posters Posters - Camelot vendant ambulant;

Mesmer's bucket session in a salon of the French nobility in the 18th century Demonstration by Frederic Antoine
ELD4847776 Mesmer's bucket session in a salon of the French nobility in the 18th century Demonstration by Frederic Antoine Mesmer

Seance of magic by Giuseppe Balsamo, dit Alexandre, Count of Cagliostro (1743-1795)
ELD4959544 Seance of magic by Giuseppe Balsamo, dit Alexandre, Count of Cagliostro (1743-1795) using a ball of psychante

The Caorsin seizing Master Walter by the Throat, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Caorsin seizing Master Walter by the Throat, 1857. Scene from "Master Walter, the Physician. A Tale of Old London": Master Walter could read no more

The Quack Doctor, after 1763. Creator: Pietro Longhi
The Quack Doctor, after 1763

The Quacksalver, 1648. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Quacksalver, 1648

A Charlatan Selling Blacking in the Piazza Barberini in Rome, 1840-1849. Creator: Wilhelm Marstrand
A Charlatan Selling Blacking in the Piazza Barberini in Rome, 1840-1849

The Charlatan (Le charlatan), c. 1760. Creator: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
The Charlatan (Le charlatan), c. 1760

Le Marchand d'orviétan ou l'opérateur Barri, c.1743. Creator: Etienne Jeaurat
Le Marchand d'orvietan ou l'operateur Barri, c.1743. The Doctor's Visit, or "The Charlatan". Orvietan was a concoction of partially toxic herbs, wine, and dissolved honey

Le Charlatan, vers 1760, c1760. Creator: Ecole Francaise
Le Charlatan, vers 1760, c1760

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

The Charlatan (recto), and Two Standing Figures (verso), n.d. Creators: Gerard Terborch II, Unknown
The Charlatan (recto), and Two Standing Figures (verso), n.d

The Tooth Puller, plate nine from Selection of Pictures from Venetian Collections, 1765. Creator: Giacomo Leonardis
The Tooth Puller, plate nine from Selection of Pictures from Venetian Collections, 1765

A Charlatan, early 1780s. Artist: Philibert Louis Debucourt
A Charlatan, early 1780s. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

GRINDELL MATTHEWS - British inventor, almost certainly a charlatan though some of his inventions seemed to work : best known for his death ray of 1924, never demonstrated. Date: 1880 - 1941

The Quack, c. 1619-25 (oil on panel)
7414904 The Quack, c.1619-25 (oil on panel) by Anonymous; 67--90.7 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: by anonymous artist)

Paranormal Phenomene: The Levitation of the Medium and Scottish Seer Daniel Dunglas Home (1833-1886)
ELD4846541 Paranormal Phenomene: The Levitation of the Medium and Scottish Seer Daniel Dunglas Home (1833-1886) rising in the air under the eyes of stupedone witnesses

The Card Sharp on the Boulevard, 1806 (oil on wood)
7296395 The Card Sharp on the Boulevard, 1806 (oil on wood) by Boilly, Louis Leopold (1761-1845); 24 x 33 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Une satire des medecins (A satire on physicians). Peinture de Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
FIA5327043 Une satire des medecins (A satire on physicians). Peinture de Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). Huile sur bois, 26 x 37 cm, vers 1708. Ecole francaise, art rococo

193-0082133 To the Count Palatine (or Count of the Palate), plate 33 of Los caprichos, 1799 (etching)
IND81652 193-0082133 To the Count Palatine (or Count of the Palate), plate 33 of Los caprichos, 1799 (etching) by Goya y Lucientes

A fox calls out a quack toad. 1811 (etching)
7235831 A fox calls out a quack toad. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A fox calls out a quack toad. A stag, horse, cow and other animals watch from the riverbank)

The fair at Venice, 18th century. 1906 (lithograph)
7236879 The fair at Venice, 18th century. 1906 (lithograph) by Parrocel, Charles (1688-1752); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fair at Venice, 18th century)

The Fairground Tooth Extractor (coloured engraving)
CHT166610 The Fairground Tooth Extractor (coloured engraving) by Frison, Gustave (b.1850); Ordre National des Pharmaciens, Paris

Les hippophages (eaters of horses), Engraving by Honore Daumier, 1856 "Take me this trust
PCT4282138 Les hippophages (eaters of horses), Engraving by Honore Daumier, 1856 " Take me this trust, it will be tender as chicken

The skeleton of Death comes for a quack doctor. 1792. 1926 (engraving)
7234875 The skeleton of Death comes for a quack doctor. 1792. 1926 (engraving) by Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726-1801); Private Collection; (add.info)

Three Georgian quack doctors discussing a medical case. 1831 (engraving)
7234781 Three Georgian quack doctors discussing a medical case.1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

C va bien (Bourgeois physician giving a poor diagnosis to a poor sick person) - in "Popular Scenes"by Edme J
LSE4087372 C va bien (Bourgeois physician giving a poor diagnosis to a poor sick person) - in " Popular Scenes" by Edme J

The skeleton of Death and the quack doctor. 1827 (engraving)
7233014 The skeleton of Death and the quack doctor. 1827 (engraving) by Dagley, Richard (c.1761-1841); Private Collection; (add.info.: The skeleton of Death and the quack doctor)

"les illusionistes"(The conjurers) Un couple de charlatans, trompant leurs victimes au tour des cubes
FIA5327455 " les illusionistes" (The conjurers) Un couple de charlatans, trompant leurs victimes au tour des cubes magiques

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"Unveiling the Illusion: Exploring the Charlatan's Realm" Step into a world where deception reigns, as we delve into the captivating history of charlatans. From enigmatic figures like Count of St Germain, the French alchemist who mesmerized with his mysterious elixirs, to satirical artwork that exposed their tricks and manipulations. In an era when animal magnetism held sway over curious minds, these charlatans exploited people's fascination with the supernatural. Dentistry became a target too, as satirical artwork mocked those who claimed miraculous cures through dubious methods. One such artist was Grindell Matthews, whose painting "The Quack" depicted a cunning imposter peddling false remedies in 17th-century Europe. Philibert Louis Debucourt captured another facet of this deceitful world in his piece "A Charlatan, " revealing how these tricksters manipulated crowds for personal gain. Paranormal phenomena also played a role in perpetuating their mystique. Witness Daniel Dunglas Home defy gravity itself before stupefied onlookers in London during the 19th century – an act that further fueled their allure. Not limited to spiritual realms alone, charlatans infiltrated various domains. In "The Card Sharp on the Boulevard, " an oil painting from 1806, we witness their cunning at card games – skillfully deceiving unsuspecting victims. Artists like Goya shed light on this dark underbelly through works like "The Disasters of War. " His preparatory drawings and etchings depict farandoles of charlatans exploiting chaos and suffering for personal gain. Even renowned painter Jean Antoine Watteau couldn't resist satirizing physicians in his work "Une satire des medecins. " This rococo masterpiece mocks doctors' pretentiousness while highlighting society's vulnerability to manipulation by charismatic imposters. As we explore the captivating world of charlatans, we unravel their intricate web of deceit.