Transplanting of teeth.
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
- Date:
- 1787
- Reference:
- 16596i
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Previous title, replaced March 2022: A fashionable dentist's practice where teeth are being extracted from poor children in order to create dentures for wealthy people. Reproduction of an aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1787.
At top of mount: The dental service
Description
Satirical print by Thomas Rowlandson depiciting an 18th century dental surgeon and his assistant extracting teeth from poor children and transplanting them directly into the mouths of wealthy elderly clients.
Publication/Creation
T. Rowlandson, 1787.
London (50 Oxford Street) : Wm. Holland, 1790.
Physical description
1 print : black and white photomechanical reproduction ; image 13.3 x 19.5 cm
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Reference
Wellcome Collection 16596i
Publications note
Richardson, R., 1999. Transplanting teeth. The Lancet, 354 (9191), p. 1740.
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VI, London 1938, no. 7766
Reproduction note
"Reproduced by permission from an aquatint. In John Wessler's collection, Stockholm."
Notes
The title has been taken from wording on the object.
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