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Actions	Night Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberHC.J.16.X.26 TitleNight Creator Thomas LondonCOOK (originator)‎, C.G. & J. Robinson (agent)‎ DescriptionEngraving on paper by T. Cook (1744-1818), after the 1738 painting by William Hogarth (1697-1764) and published by C. G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London, 1 February 1798. Cook specialised in engraving Hogarth paintings and completed a great many of them. This scene can be identified as being in the area of Charing Cross, London, because the bronze equestrian statue of Charles I by Hubert Le Sueur can be seen in the background. As with any Hogarth-related artwork, there are many interesting depictions of social activity. Within the context of dentistry, there are a number as follows. The barber's red-and-white stripped pole is projectd across the street and below hangs a sign a man's head with mouth open wide and a hand using an instrument to extract a manibular tooth. The sign reads: Shaving Bleeding & Teeth Drawn w.th a Touch Ecce Signum Below is the barber's shop through the window of which an apprentice can be seen shaving a clinent's chin to the light of twelve candles in the window pane. This would have been the same light that dental extraction was carried out by. Production date accurate 1798-02-01 Object nameEngravings Object categoryDental MaterialPaper TechniqueEngravings Dimensions Height: 48.5 cm Width: 38.0 cm Mounted Height: 71 cm Width: 56 cm

Object numberHC.J.16.X.26

TitleNight

Creator Thomas LondonCOOK (originator)‎, C.G. & J. Robinson (agent)‎

DescriptionEngraving on paper by T. Cook (1744-1818), after the 1738 painting by William Hogarth (1697-1764) and published by C. G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London, 1 February 1798. Cook specialised in engraving Hogarth paintings and completed a great many of them. This scene can be identified as being in the area of Charing Cross, London, because the bronze equestrian statue of Charles I by Hubert Le Sueur can be seen in the background. As with any Hogarth-related artwork, there are many interesting depictions of social activity. Within the context of dentistry, there are a number as follows. The barber's red-and-white stripped pole is projectd across the street and below hangs a sign a man's head with mouth open wide and a hand using an instrument to extract a manibular tooth. The sign reads: Shaving Bleeding & Teeth Drawn w.th a Touch Ecce Signum Below is the barber's shop through the window of which an apprentice can be seen shaving a clinent's chin to the light of twelve candles in the window pane. This would have been the same light that dental extraction was carried out by.

Production date accurate 1798-02-01

Object nameEngravings

Object categoryDental

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TechniqueEngravings

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