Costume of a quack doctor, France, 18th century. Physician in long powdered wig, glasses, long black robe, buckle shoes, at the bedside of a patient. Le Medecin. Handcoloured steel engraving by Delangle after an illustration by Emile Wattier, within a decorative cartouche by Bertrand, from Augustin Challamel's Autrefois ou Le Bon Vieux Temps, Types de 18e Siecle, Challamel et Cie, 1842.

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