A quack doctor treating a patient
David Henry Friston
- Art Funded
- 1979
- Dimensions
- 64 x 88 cm
- Vendor
- Spink & Son
The painting depicts a 'quack' doctor attempting to cure a patient by means of a Cylinder Electrostatic or Friction Machine.
The machine was made during latter half of the 19th century and used by 'quacks' for curing mental diseases of all kinds.
Provenance
Spink & Son.