A companion print to bmsat 6759. The interior of a well-furnished room. The dentist stands in front of a middle-aged woman seated in a chair (left); he holds her forehead with one hand, with the other he applies a small instrument to her mouth. She grasps a glove in her gloved left hand. A black boy in livery stands behind the dentist (right) holding an open case of instruments; he looks round grinning with a finger in his mouth. A young woman stands clasping her hands and looking with an expression of horrified concern at the operation. The dentist wears a bag-wig. A cat arches its back and miaows. Through a draped sash-window is a gateway to a quadrangle, in front of which a sentry is marching; another sentry's head is visible, indicating st. James's palace. On the wall is a bird in a cage and an oval landscape. Below it is a settee on which is a guitar. The floor is carpeted. C. 1784
hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: 1784. Dimensions: Height: 347 mm; Width: 250 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. The London Dentist (BM 1935,0522.1.179)
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