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Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786

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

    Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786. | Reference: 47449i
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    Extraction of a tooth. Oil painting in the manner of John Collier, known as "Tim Bobbin".

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

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

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