A foppish dentist on stage extracting a tooth from a patient who is being restrained by a man dressed as Pierrot. Coloured etching by A. Auger, 1817.
- Auger, Adrien Victor, 1787-1836.
- Date:
- 1817
- Reference:
- 16488i
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On the stage is a screen with illustrations of the dentiste extracting teeth from a variety of people and text: "Mr Machoire dentiste du grand mogol". A string of enormous teeth are also on the stage. There is an audience of rural people, some of them waiting to see the dentiste
Publication/Creation
1817
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 26 x 22.1 cm
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Lettering
Sans efforts. AA 1817.
References note
Proskauer, Iconographia odontologica, Hildesheim 1967, pl. 132, p. 212
Reference
Wellcome Collection 16488i
Exhibitions note
Exhibited in "Teeth" at Wellcome Collection, 17 May - 16 September 2018
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