James Franklin Ballard (July 16, 1851 – April 23, 1931) was an American entrepreneur and art collector specializing in rugs from Asia and the Middle East , and medieval prints by such artists as Albrecht Dürer . During his lifetime his art collection achieved national fame among art critics and collectors.
18-430: James Ballard may refer to: J. G. Ballard (1930–2009), English novelist, short story writer and essayist James F. Ballard (1851–1931), American entrepreneur and art collector Jim Ballard (born 1972), American football player Jim Ballard (swimmer) , see 1977 Summer Universiade See also [ edit ] Samuel James Ballard (1765–1829), Vice-Admiral in
36-688: A symbol of Hercules killing the Hydra in early advertisements of his product, which was being bottled in rectangular bottles by 1825, and in green cylindrical bottles by 1829. Swaim advertised heavily, and took advantage of developments in commercial lithography in the 1830s to advertise his concoction with a portrait of a woman named Nancy Linton, advertising her "actual appearance" after being cured, although this appearance still looks rather gruesome to modern eyes. The panacea contained mercury, and Linton's appearance appears to reflect signs of mercury poisoning . Mercuric chloride (called corrosive sublimate at
54-623: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages James F. Ballard Ballard traveled the world in search of art to buy, but most especially rugs. He started collecting rugs in 1905 He traveled over 470,000 miles through Southeast Asia , China , the Caucasus Mountains , India , Northern Africa , the Middle East , and all over Europe . His travels found him in Egypt during
72-637: The Banjeaurine . ) "Swaim's Laboratory" was located in Philadelphia at 113 S. Seventh St, just below Chestnut for many years. Sometime after 1890, production was moved to Clifton, Staten Island in New York. In 1900, James F. Ballard of St. Louis, who produced a number of patent medicines, acquired the rights to Swaim's Panacea and all other Swaim products from the Swaim family. In the 1910s,
90-873: The Great War . Ballard also owned the Henry B. Platte company of New York . He was the director of the Mechanics-American National Bank, and of its successor, the First National Bank & Union Trust Company of Saint Louis. The personal papers of James F. Ballard are housed in the archives of the Saint Louis Art Museum. One can view a description of their contents at this link. They are available to researchers by appointment. Swaim%27s Panacea Swaim's Panacea (also called Swaim's Celebrated Panacea )
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126-618: The United States government fined Ballard $ 30 for misbranding of products under the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, including Swaim's Panacea, as he was continuing to advertise the product with the amazing claims that had then been made for over 90 years. It appears the product continued to be sold at least into the 1920s. The success of Swaim's Panacea generated a number of copycat products, including "Swayne's Panacea", "Swinn's Panacea", and "Parker's Renovating Vegetable Panacea,"
144-603: The beginning, such as Nathaniel Chapman who later founded the American Medical Association , disavowed their early approvals. Despite Swaim's claim that the product contained no mercury, the medical reports showed otherwise. After William Swaim died in 1846, his son James continued the business until his death in 1870, along with Franklin Stewart, a Philadelphia physician and Swaim's "Medical Director". (Stewart's son Samuel Swaim Stewart invented
162-607: The circus and travel the country at a young age. Later he started drug stores around the country and settled in Saint Louis, Missouri . While in Saint Louis, he became involved with the wholesale drug store chain, Richardson & Company. In 1882 Ballard withdrew from Richardson & Company, and started his own business again, the Ballard Snow Liniment Company. This company manufactured one of
180-619: The coat of arms of Tamerlane , the founder of the Timurid Empire . He also gave a substantial collection of rugs to the Saint Louis Art Museum . Ballard was born in Ashtabula, Ohio to James Ballard and Eliza (Heath) Ballard. His parents owned a large tract of timber land in northern Michigan near Lapere . Despite the fact that his father had ample money from his timber farm, the younger Ballard chose to join
198-422: The cure, at least by 1820, and perhaps as early as 1811. After getting permission to administer his concoction to some local asylum residents to alleged beneficial effect (and gathering numerous endorsements, including from local physicians), he was able to sell his product at high prices ($ 3 a bottle, a significant sum at the time), and became very wealthy with a net worth of approximately $ 500,000. Swaim used
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#1732787120902216-539: The last of which claimed a lineage older than Swaim and used an image of Hercules having already killed the Hydra in its advertising. The Swaims cautioned purchasers to avoid knock-offs, and to look for the distinguishing features of their bottles and labeling. The popularity of the Panacea is reflected in publications of its time. For example, the product was mentioned in the song The Connecticut Pedlar (c. 1851), where
234-524: The most widely advertised and distributed proprietary remedies of the time. It was the sales of this medicine that made his fortune. After 1923 his business was called James F. Ballard Incorporated of which he was the chief owner, and in later years the treasurer. Besides Ballard's Snow Liniment, he also sold: Swaim's Panacea , White's Cream Vermifuge, Campho Phenique, Smith's Bile Beans , Ozmanlis Nerve Pills, and Littell's Liquid Sulphur, all of which were advertised in his self-published book: Ballard's Book of
252-683: The opening of Tutankhamun 's tomb in 1922. He was briefly imprisoned by the Greek government, and witnessed the Great Fire of Smyrna (now İzmir ). The earliest of Ballard’s rugs are from the 10th century. In 1922 Ballard presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York , a collection of 126 oriental rugs that at the time was valued at half a million dollars. Later he brought an additional two rugs, one of which featured
270-567: The pedlar's list of offerings includes "Swaim's panacea and Jonses's drops too." And in an 1849 letter to the Southern Literary Messenger , Edgar Allan Poe defended the poetry of Bayard Taylor against critics "who possess little other ability than that which assures temporary success to them in common with Swaim's Panacea or Morrison's Pills." Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison mentions "taking my third bottle of Swaim's Panacea" for scrofula in an 1836 letter. One of
288-517: The recipe on the page of a book he was binding at his New York shop. More likely he obtained the recipe from Dr. N.J. Quackinboss who had administered it to Swaim himself. Quackinboss was using a formulation previously published by a Dr. McNeven which originated from France, where a remedy called the "Rob de Laffecteur" invented by the French apothecary Pierre Boyveau was very popular. Swaim moved to Philadelphia and began to market his own version of
306-576: The time) did have a prior history of being used to treat syphilis. Oil of wintergreen and sarsaparilla were prominent ingredients of Swaim's product. By 1828, the Philadelphia Medical Society published a report strongly refuting Swaim's laudatory claims and previous endorsements of the popular panacea, as had the New York Medical Society. Respected physicians who had endorsed the product as promising in
324-404: Was an American patent medicine sold by William Swaim (1781–1846) of Philadelphia, starting in approximately 1820, with formulations still being sold into at least the 1920s. It was advertised to cure various diseases including scrofula , mercurial disease, deep-seated syphilis, rheumatism, sores, swellings, etc. Swaim was originally a bookbinder, and the popular story went that he discovered
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