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Print satirising Franz Anton Mesmer, 1784. Artist: Unknown

Print satirising Franz Anton Mesmer, 1784. Artist: Unknown

1-156-292 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Print satirising Mesmer, 1784. In 1779, soon after the publication of his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de magnetism animal, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), the founder of Mesmerism, opened a consulting room in Paris. Considered by many to be a quack and charlatan, his 'tub' and his ideas of 'animal magnetism' were ridiculed. Frontispiece of a booklet. (London, 1784).

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  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
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  1. Franz Mesmer: German: doctor, pionner of mesmerism
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  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Satire
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2636x3972
File Size : 30,675kb

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  1. 007310
  1. 007310
  1. 0460001774
  1. 1-156-292
  1. 1156292
  1. 1774
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