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Mesmer conducting a baquet in ParisFranz Anton Mesmer (1734 - 1815), German physician and hypnotist, treating patients in a group, in a session which he called a baquet (named after the large vessel in the middle of the room)
Wonderful Learned PigThe wonderful learned pig amazes all who encounter it. Date: 1785
Fortune-HuntingColoured engraving, " Fortune-Hunting" published by H. Humphrey, London, 20 November 1804. HPG/8/2/1 (xli)"
Artful CardsA gullible looking young man in plus fours and flat cap is encouraged to bet on a three card trick by a group of Jewish touts
Buying a Tie 1898A young salesman entices a gullible gentleman into buying one of his new range of colourful neckties
JANE GIBBS impostor who pretends to be a servant or a Quaker afflicted by misfortune, wheedling mony from gullible gentlemen
Johann TetzelJOHANN TETZEL German Dominican monk, notorious for trafficking in indulgences whereby gullible persons purchased release from purgatory
Street Doctor 1877A street " doctor" attempts to sell peppermint cough lozenges to a gullible woman
Consulting the ProphetA man consults a fortune teller on a matter of some importance