A quack doctor and a dissenting parson selling their respective goods from a fairground booth. Coloured etching, 1795.

[London] (No. 50 Piccadilly the corner of Sackville Street) : Pub.d ... by S.W. Fores, Septr. 3 1795.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image and text 23.3 x 34 cm

A laudable partnership or souls and bodies, cured without loss of time. The cheapest booth in the fair, The medicine vendor says "This is the only cure my dear friends for every disorder incident to the human body but for cure and comfort to your souls I must beg leave to refer you to my partner the other side of the stage". The parson says "All my last books of sermons going for two pence a piece cheaper by one penny than you can buy them on those days that I preaches in the fields: and if any of you ketched a cold at that time I'd advise you to apply to my partner for a bottle or two of his stuff.".

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1942, vol. 7, no. 8741

Wellcome Collection 46947i