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Actions	The Tooth Drawer Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberHC.J.16.X.32 TitleThe Tooth Drawer Creator David Charles READ (Artist)‎ DescriptionEarly nineteenth century coloured lithograph by Read (? David Charles, 1790-1851) after the oil painting by Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), a pupil of Rembrandt. The operator is examining the teeth of a patient who is petrified while the latter's wife watches, with a look of worry on her face. In the foreground there is a bleeding bowl, on a shelf in the background there is a skull, jars and a number of instruments hanging from nails. A stuffed crocodile, a typical seventeenth century emblem of science, is suspended from the ceiling. Production periodNineteenth century, early Object nameLithograph Object categoryDental MaterialPaper TechniqueLithography Dimensions Height: 56 cm Width: 35 cm

Object numberHC.J.16.X.32

TitleThe Tooth Drawer

DescriptionEarly nineteenth century coloured lithograph by Read (? David Charles, 1790-1851) after the oil painting by Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), a pupil of Rembrandt. The operator is examining the teeth of a patient who is petrified while the latter's wife watches, with a look of worry on her face. In the foreground there is a bleeding bowl, on a shelf in the background there is a skull, jars and a number of instruments hanging from nails. A stuffed crocodile, a typical seventeenth century emblem of science, is suspended from the ceiling.

Production periodNineteenth century, early

Object nameLithograph

Object categoryDental

MaterialPaper

TechniqueLithography

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