Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A French dentist showing a specimen of his artificial teeth and false palates.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 08/Normal/Prints/Titles Fo-H GA 2014.00250
Identifier
ark:/88435/s4655q69c
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], 1811/02/26.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1811
Extent
1 item ; sheet 25.7 x 40 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 201
Tegg no. 58
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: An overgrown and exuberantly corpulent female is serving as a sample of the Frenchman's skill. Her widely distended mouth is liberally displaying a wonderful set of masitcators. The professor is the typical foreigner of the period, wearing hair-powder, a bag- wig, and earrings. Of securing a decent set of teeth, his own gums exhibiting a very ragged and defective regiment. An advertisement in the rear sets forth: from one tooth to a whole set, without pain. Monsieur D. can also affix an artificial palate or a glass eye in a manner peculiar to himself. He also distills.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson del.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Dentist and patient—France—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Medicine—France—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Dentures—France—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Advertising—Dentistry—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e1ac42f3-b4ec-46d9-92a9-8abc06bc2342/manifest