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Mass Behavior

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

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Images referencing Mass Behavior

28 images from works
  • 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.
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Direct selling
Selling - Drugs
Traveling sales personnel
Audiences
Quackery
Performing arts
Psychology, Social
Theater
Fairs
Costume