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Actions	Mirth/Anguish Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberHC.J.16.X.71 TitleMirth/Anguish CreatorArtist Unknown (originator)‎ DescriptionOil painting entitle 'Mirth/ Anguish,' from the series Human Passions Delineated, after 'Tim Bobbin,' pseudonym of John Collier (1708-1786), a poet and painter who specialised in caricatures of a grotesque nature. Collier's original descriptive verse reads: 'Now string's put fast on tooth that aches Which round his hand he wraps, A glowing coal i' the tongs he takes, And to his nose he claps. The sight and smell of fire drove back, The patient's head in fright, Who drew his own tooth in a crack, And prov'd the Doctor right' Production periodNineteenth century, early Object namePainting Object categoryDental

Object numberHC.J.16.X.71

TitleMirth/Anguish

CreatorArtist Unknown (originator)‎

DescriptionOil painting entitle 'Mirth/ Anguish,' from the series Human Passions Delineated, after 'Tim Bobbin,' pseudonym of John Collier (1708-1786), a poet and painter who specialised in caricatures of a grotesque nature. Collier's original descriptive verse reads: 'Now string's put fast on tooth that aches Which round his hand he wraps, A glowing coal i' the tongs he takes, And to his nose he claps. The sight and smell of fire drove back, The patient's head in fright, Who drew his own tooth in a crack, And prov'd the Doctor right'

Production periodNineteenth century, early

Object namePainting

Object categoryDental

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