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A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.

A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.

Four men smoking and drinking round a table outside a country tavern. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after C. Dusart.

A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Etching by C. Dusart, 1695.

Six men and a woman drink and smoke round a table outside a country tavern, behind them children watch a woman pump water. Etching by J. Browne and engraving by W. Woollett, 1767, after C. Dusart.

A wizened old barber who wears a pointed hat is shaving a young man. Mezzotint by C. Dusart.

Four men and a woman smoking and drinking in an arbour and listening to a travelling hurdy-gurdy player. Etching by R. Daudet, 1787, after C. Dusart.

An old woman picking fleas from a man's head, behind them a man holds up a jug and in the background a dwarf preparing food looks on. Etching after C. Dusart.

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Cornelis Dusart

Images from the collections

Images by Cornelis Dusart

Works from the collections

Four men and a woman smoking and drinking in an arbour and listening to a travelling hurdy-gurdy player. Etching by R. Daudet, 1787, after C. Dusart.

An old woman picking fleas from a man's head, behind them a man holds up a jug and in the background a dwarf preparing food looks on. Etching after C. Dusart.

Six men and a woman drink and smoke round a table outside a country tavern, behind them children watch a woman pump water. Etching by J. Browne and engraving by W. Woollett, 1767, after C. Dusart.

A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.

A wizened old barber who wears a pointed hat is shaving a young man. Mezzotint by C. Dusart.

Cornelis Dusart

Images from the collections

Images by Cornelis Dusart

Works from the collections

Four men and a woman smoking and drinking in an arbour and listening to a travelling hurdy-gurdy player. Etching by R. Daudet, 1787, after C. Dusart.

An old woman picking fleas from a man's head, behind them a man holds up a jug and in the background a dwarf preparing food looks on. Etching after C. Dusart.

Six men and a woman drink and smoke round a table outside a country tavern, behind them children watch a woman pump water. Etching by J. Browne and engraving by W. Woollett, 1767, after C. Dusart.

A surgeon applying a probe to the arm of a screaming patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.

A wizened old barber who wears a pointed hat is shaving a young man. Mezzotint by C. Dusart.

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