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Toothache

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  • A mother and her five delighted children turned away from their dentist's at Easter because he has toothache. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1874.
  • Phrenological properties of drawing: colour, form, space, order. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826.
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
  • Saint Augustine of Hippo: he suffers from toothache. Collotype (?), 1907, after Benozzo Gozzoli.
  • The story of a man with toothache, his attempts at self help and the final resort visiting the dental surgeon: twenty-four vignettes. Coloured wood engraving by W. Busch, 1862.
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Catalogue

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    Monkeys representing human beings in a tooth-drawer's surgery. Lithograph by L. Haghe after E. Bristow, 1828.

    Bristow, Edmund, 1787-1876. | Date: 1 February 1828 | Reference: 16677i
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    Saint Augustine of Hippo: he suffers from toothache. Collotype (?), 1907, after Benozzo Gozzoli.

    Benozzo, di Lese, 1420-1497. | Date: 1907 | Reference: 3507i
    Part of: Vasari Society
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    Three miserable men suffering from gout, toothache and flu sitting around a table. Coloured lithograph.

    | Reference: 16681i
    Part of: Tregears flights of humor
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    Dental operations with five demons: one being operated on, another about to be. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 11644i
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    Forty five different scenes telling the tale of a man with toothache, his various attempts at trying to cure himself and the final recourse to the dentist. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank after H. Mayhew.

    Mayhew, Horace, 1816-1872. | Reference: 16690i
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