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1. The London dentist [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.76+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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., and Numbered "511" in lower left of plate.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Dentistry, Blacks, Servants, and Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The London dentist [graphic].
2. The dentist [graphic]
- Creator:
- Topham, Edward, 1751-1820, artist
- Published / Created:
- [5 November 1778]
- Call Number:
- 778.11.05.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A fat and bewigged dentist pokes at the mouth of a homely woman wearing a cap and low-cut dress. She is seated in a straight chair on a patterned carpet, with a large picture of a mouth and teeth hanging on the wall behind the pair. Beneath the title, text as follows: "I cures all the disorders of the mouth. I draws teeth in a minute without pain. I makes natural or artificial teeth & have invented a substance that answers the purpose of gums."
- Description:
- Title from item., Signed in lower left of plate E.T., i.e. Edward Topham., MD of publisher's name forms a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Novr. 5, 1778 by M Darly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Dentistry and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dentist [graphic]
