Easing the tooth-ach [sic] / engrav'd by T. As. [Gillray].
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James Gillray
Easing the tooth-ach [sic] / engrav'd by T. As. [Gillray].
hand colored etching
image: 22 x 18.3 cm; sheet: 22.7 x 19 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2946
Published:
[London] : H. Humphrey, 1796
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Trimmed to within plate mark.
Summary:
A dentist (right) stands pulling at an instrument in the mouth of his patient, whom he holds by the jaw. The victim, in profile to the right, is perched upon a high stool, and clutches his right shin, while his left foot is pressed against the dentist's knees; expression and attitude register pain and anger.
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