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Mayhew, Horace, 1816-1872

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  • Four scenes of the beginning of a dental operation involving a dentist trying to extract a distraught patient's tooth. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
  • Four scenes of the beginning of a dental operation involving a dentist trying to extract a distraught patient's tooth. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
  • Four scenes of the beginning of a dental operation involving a dentist trying to extract a distraught patient's tooth. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
  • Four scenes of the beginning of a dental operation involving a dentist trying to extract a distraught patient's tooth. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
  • 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.
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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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    A group of school children and their teacher at the dentists for their six monthly checkup. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

    Mayhew, Horace, 1816-1872. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 16700i
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    Three scenes involving the end of a tooth extraction operation and the great relief of the patient. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

    Mayhew, Horace, 1816-1872. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 16704i
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    A man being shot in the mouth by two little demons; representing the start of toothache. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

    Mayhew, Horace, 1816-1872. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 16696i
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    The tooth-ache / imagined by Horace Mayhew and realized by George Cruikshank.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1975
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