Social processes and events which do not reflect existing social structure, but which emerge in a "spontaneous" way

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An operator treating a patient's foot; a crowd of people is gathered around watching the work. Line engraving by P. Quast.

An audience of people throwing handkerchiefs (containing money?) onto a stage where an itinerant medicine vendor has been successfully selling his wares. Engraving.

An itinerant medicine vendor, draped with live snakes, sells his wares from a stage to an enthusiastic audience. Line engraving by D. Ghisi after G. Romano.

People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.

"The lion is coming": crowds at a fair panicking at the rumour that a lion has escaped; representing panic among crowds. Lithograph after K.R. Reinhardt, ca. 1860.

Christ being circumcised in a crowded temple; God is visible with the angels in the sky heralding the start of the Passion. Etching by BM, 1793, after Titian (?).

Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with assistants at Covent Garden, London. Etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.

Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.

An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares with the aid of assistants and snakes to a captivated audience, Tianjin, China. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1858, after T. Allom.

An itinerant medicine vendor and his assistants being pelted off stage with stones from an angry audience. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1798, after J. Schenau.

Interpersonal and group behaviour / Judy Gahagan.

Group psychology and the analysis of the ego / by Sigm. Freud ; authorized translation by James Strachey.

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Mass Behavior

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An itinerant medicine vendor and his assistants being pelted off stage with stones from an angry audience. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1798, after J. Schenau.

Interpersonal and group behaviour / Judy Gahagan.

People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

"The lion is coming": crowds at a fair panicking at the rumour that a lion has escaped; representing panic among crowds. Lithograph after K.R. Reinhardt, ca. 1860.

Group psychology and the analysis of the ego / by Sigm. Freud ; authorized translation by James Strachey.

Mass Behavior

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Images referencing Mass Behavior

Works from the collections

An itinerant medicine vendor and his assistants being pelted off stage with stones from an angry audience. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1798, after J. Schenau.

Interpersonal and group behaviour / Judy Gahagan.

People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

"The lion is coming": crowds at a fair panicking at the rumour that a lion has escaped; representing panic among crowds. Lithograph after K.R. Reinhardt, ca. 1860.

Group psychology and the analysis of the ego / by Sigm. Freud ; authorized translation by James Strachey.

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