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John Collier

British artist

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Images from the collections

Images by John Collier

32 images from works
  • A surgeon extracting a tooth. Oil painting after Gerrit Dou and Tim Bobbin.
  • A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
  • A tooth-drawer using pincers to extract a tooth from an old woman, her husband agonizingly observes the situation. Pen drawing after J. Collier, 1773.
  • A blacksmith extracting a tooth. Oil painting in the manner of John Collier, known as "Tim Bobbin".
  • A tooth-drawer frightening his patient with a hot coal in order to be able to extract a tooth more easily. Etching by J. Collier after himself, 1773.
  • A man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Coloured etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • A tooth-drawer using pincers to extract a tooth from an old woman, her husband agonizingly observes the situation. Etching by J. Collier after himself, 1773.
  • A tooth-drawer using a cord to extract a tooth from an agonized patient. Pen drawing after J. Collier, 1773.
  • A surgeon extracting a tooth. Oil painting after Gerrit Dou and Tim Bobbin.
  • One man sits soundly sleeping as his drunken companion offers him another drink. Etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.

Images featuring John Collier

2 images from works
  • A shaving machine enabling many people to be shaved at the same time. Coloured etching.
  • A shaving machine enabling many people to be shaved at the same time. Coloured etching.

Works from the collections

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27 works

    • Pictures

    A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.

    Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786. | Date: May 1773 | Reference: 43852i
    • Pictures

    An operator extracting a tooth. Oil painting by a follower of Tim Bobbin.

    Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786. | Reference: 47449i
    • Pictures

    Extraction of a tooth. Oil painting in the manner of John Collier, known as "Tim Bobbin".

    Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786. | Reference: 47378i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A tooth-drawer using a cord to extract a tooth from an agonized patient. Etching by J. Collier, 1773.

    Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786. | Date: Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773 | Reference: 16543i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A blacksmith extracting a tooth. Oil painting in the manner of John Collier, known as "Tim Bobbin".

    Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786. | Reference: 44637i

Frequent collaborators

Sanders, Thomas (Engraver)

Related topics

Pain
Tooth Extraction
Dentist and patient
Costume
Coal
Dentists
Wigs
Smoking Pipes

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