M0005741: "The ludicrous operator, or blacksmith turn'd tooth drawer"
- Date:
- 23 September 1938
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/47/51
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2020: 'The ludicrous operator, or blacksmith turn'd tooth drawer'
Description
Mezzotint from 1768 by John Dixon (1720-1804) after John Harris the elder (d. 1834) depicting a blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a woman patient.
Publication/Creation
23 September 1938
Physical description
2 photographs glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm photographic print; 15.3 x 12 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 643336i
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request