The final stages of a dental operation involving the dentist falling over the back of a chair onto the patient in an attempt to extract the stubborn tooth. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

  • Mayhew, Horace, 1816-1872.
Date:
[between 1800 and 1899]
Reference:
16702i
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Manchester (56 & 58 Oldham Street) ; London (4 Catherine Street, Strand) : Abel Heywood & Son, [between 1800 and 1899]

Physical description

1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour ; image 9.3 x 12.1 cm

Lettering

The third quarter of an hour!!! The fourth quarter of an hour!!!!

Notes

See record number 16690i for the complete print

Reference

Wellcome Collection 16702i

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