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Actions	The Town Tooth Drawer Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberHC.J.16.X.20 TitleThe Town Tooth Drawer Creator William (1781-1858) DAVISON (Artist)‎, W. Davison (Publisher)‎ DescriptionWoodcut probably by William Davison (1781-1858) inspired by The London Dentist, after Dighton (c.1784). Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick. The scene is of the patient's drawing-room, through the window of which is clearly visible the lantern tower of the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The operator, wearing a powered wig, is applying a key instrument to extract a maxillary central incisor tooth for a fashionably attired lady. Her maid surveys the scene with concern, the cat arches her back in defense of the pain inflicted upon her mistress, and the operator's assistant smiles at the viewer while holding a case of instruments. Black assistants were often employed by practitioners of the healing arts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because they were seen to add impressiveness to an establishment. It is a companion to The Country Tooth Drawer, HC.J.16.X.21 Production periodNineteenth century, early Object nameWoodcut Object categoryDental Dimensions Framed Height: 41 cm Width: 61.5 cm 3 cm Image as seen Height: 15.8 cm Width: 22.9 cm

Object numberHC.J.16.X.20

TitleThe Town Tooth Drawer

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

DescriptionWoodcut probably by William Davison (1781-1858) inspired by The London Dentist, after Dighton (c.1784). Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick. The scene is of the patient's drawing-room, through the window of which is clearly visible the lantern tower of the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The operator, wearing a powered wig, is applying a key instrument to extract a maxillary central incisor tooth for a fashionably attired lady. Her maid surveys the scene with concern, the cat arches her back in defense of the pain inflicted upon her mistress, and the operator's assistant smiles at the viewer while holding a case of instruments. Black assistants were often employed by practitioners of the healing arts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because they were seen to add impressiveness to an establishment. It is a companion to The Country Tooth Drawer, HC.J.16.X.21

Production periodNineteenth century, early

Object nameWoodcut

Object categoryDental

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