6425756 Portrait of John Lambe alias Dr Lambe, 1824 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Lambe (or Lamb) (c. 1545 ??1628) was an English astrologer and quack physician who, by around 1625, served George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham as his personal advisor. Accused of black magic and rape, he was stoned to death by an unruly mob in London. Dr John Lamb. Illustration from A Biographical History of England by J Granger (William Baynes, 1824).); Prismatic Pictures .