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The Orvietan Seller, c.1816 (coloured engraving)

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CHT235378
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The Orvietan Seller, c.1816 (coloured engraving)
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French School, (19th century) / French
Location
Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France
Medium
coloured engraving
Date
1816 AD (C19th AD)
Image description

selling Venice treacle, believed to be a remedy against poison; medical concoction used as a panacea against poisonings, snakebite, plague; Gerolamo Ferranti started producing and selling orviétan in early 17th-century Paris. He was a fairground attraction, asking onlookers to give him unknown poisons to swallow and watch him cure himself with the remedy.

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horse / animal / medicine / potion / fake / riding / trader / quack doctor / horse / charlatan / le marchand d'orvietan / Engraving / Mzengraving
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