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Actions	The Country Tooth Drawer Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberHC.J.16.X.21 TitleThe Country Tooth Drawer Creator William (1781-1858) DAVISON (Artist)‎, W. Davison (Publisher)‎ DescriptionWoodcut print on paper, probably by William Davison (1781-1858), published by W. Davison, Alnwick. Same series as The Town Tooth Drawer, HC.J.16.X.20 and possibly based on The Blacksmith Dentist, HC.J.16.X.53. In a village smithy, a countrywoman is seated on a stool and the blacksmith is extracting a maxillary incisor with home-made outsized forceps. The woman clutches the blacksmith's nose in pain, while a man holds her head. Horse shoes and other tools lie around the scene as if to highlight the rural situation in comparison to the Town Tooth Drawer. Production periodNineteenth century, early Object nameWoodcut Object categoryDental MaterialPaper TechniquePrint, Woodcut Dimensions Height: 41.5 cm Width: 61.5 cm Depth: 3 cm

Object numberHC.J.16.X.21

TitleThe Country Tooth Drawer

Creator William (1781-1858) DAVISON (Artist)‎, W. Davison (Publisher)‎

DescriptionWoodcut print on paper, probably by William Davison (1781-1858), published by W. Davison, Alnwick. Same series as The Town Tooth Drawer, HC.J.16.X.20 and possibly based on The Blacksmith Dentist, HC.J.16.X.53. In a village smithy, a countrywoman is seated on a stool and the blacksmith is extracting a maxillary incisor with home-made outsized forceps. The woman clutches the blacksmith's nose in pain, while a man holds her head. Horse shoes and other tools lie around the scene as if to highlight the rural situation in comparison to the Town Tooth Drawer.

Production periodNineteenth century, early

Object nameWoodcut

Object categoryDental

MaterialPaper

TechniquePrint, Woodcut

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