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A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient, her husband observes the situation. Mezzotint by J. Wilson after J. Harris the elder.
- Harris, John, the elder, -1834.
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- 16507i
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Credit: A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient, her husband observes the situation. Mezzotint by J. Wilson after J. Harris the elder. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Publication/Creation
London (53 Fleet Street) : Robt. Sayer.
Physical description
1 print : mezzotint ; platemark 35.3 x 25.1 cm
Lettering
The ludicrous operator, or blacksmith turn'd tooth drawer. Why squeeze your hat, and seize my cap as if you dreaded some mishap? Keep not your spirits on the rack, I'm a licentiate not a quack. Designed by J. Harris & improv'd by drawings after the life by J. Wilson. J. Wilson fecit.
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 16507i
Exhibitions note
Exhibited in "Teeth" at Wellcome Collection, 17 May - 16 September 2018
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Languages
- English
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Location Status Access Closed stores