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A greedy medical practitioner demanding a section of bread or cake (?) for payment from a poor family. Colour stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.
Wellcome Collection

A greedy medical practitioner demanding a section of bread or cake (?) for payment from a poor family. Colour stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.

Edward Penny · 1784

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The rapacious quack. E. Penny pinxit. J. Baldrey sculpsit.

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