The London dentist [graphic].

Description

Title: The London dentist [graphic].
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: [ca. 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: A dentist wearing a bag wig stands before an elderly woman in a chair as he works on her teeth. Behind him a younger woman looks on with concern and a young black servant grins at the viewer. Through the window is visible a portion of St. James's Palace
Description: Title from item.
Artist and date from British Museum catalogue.
Numbered "511" in lower left of plate.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.1 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 39 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Mezzotints England London 1784
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Material: mezzotint with etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London
Subject (Topic): Black people
Dentistry
Blacks
Servants
Interiors
Subjects: Black people
Dentistry > England > London > 18th-century
Blacks > England > 18th century
Servants > England > 18th century
Interiors > England > 18th century
England > London > 1784
England > 1784

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