A pair of Wirtembergs: or the little Wiltshire dentist easing Faro's little daughter of the tooth-ache

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, engraver
Publication:: London : Published by J.W. Fores, July 6, 1797
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Tooth Extraction
Famous Persons
Obesity
Gambling
History, 18th Century
England
Genre(s):: Caricatures
Abstract:: A stout woman (Lady Buckinghamshire), seated, recoils in fear from an equally stout dentist who stands before her, left hand on her chin and holding a dental instrument in his right hand. In fact, a satire on gambling among English aristocracy.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:: 1 print : 40 x 28 cm.
Provenance:: Purchase; 1965.
Technique:: engraving, color
NLM Unique ID:: 101393512 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A021928
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101393512

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