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Wilson, James, 1735-1786.

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Images by Wilson, James, 1735-1786.

6 images from works
  • Six figures passing the time with various entertainments. Mezzotint by J. Wilson, 1771, after G.M. Kraus.
  • An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker. Mezzotint by J. Wilson, c. 1770, after J. Steen.
  • A young woman sits and listens with scorn to a man's declarations of love. Mezzotint by James Wilson after C. Troost.
  • A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient, her husband observes the situation. Mezzotint by J. Wilson after J. Harris the elder.
  • A 'dentiste' extracting the tooth of a large well dressed gentleman. Coloured mezzotint by J. Wilson after himself, 1773.
  • Nelly O'Brien. Mezzotint by J. Wilson after Sir J. Reynolds.

Works from the collections

7 works

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    A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient, her husband observes the situation. Mezzotint by J. Wilson after J. Harris the elder.

    Harris, John, the elder, -1834. | Reference: 16507i
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    A young woman sits and listens with scorn to a man's declarations of love. Mezzotint by James Wilson after C. Troost.

    Cornelis Troost | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 28055i
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    A rustic tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a standing man, a woman looks on. Mezzotint by J. Wilson after J. Harris the elder, ca. 1768.

    Harris, John, the elder, -1834. | Date: [1768?] | Reference: 643379i
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    An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker. Mezzotint by J. Wilson, c. 1770, after J. Steen.

    Jan Steen | Reference: 35474i
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    A 'dentiste' extracting the tooth of a large well dressed gentleman. Coloured mezzotint by J. Wilson after himself, 1773.

    Wilson, James, 1735-1786. | Date: 15 April 1773 | Reference: 16522i
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Related topics

Costume
Dentist and patient
Tooth Extraction

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