The Toothache or Torment and Torture
Dublin Core
Title
The Toothache or Torment and Torture
Subject
Dentistry
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Etchings (prints)
Caricatures
Satires (document genre)
Description
Rowlandson comments on dentistry in this work, suggesting that treatment in the days before anesthesia was as painful as the ailment.
Abstract
Etching showing a woman having her tooth examined by a dentist, by Thomas Rowlandson
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Publisher
John Fairburn
Date Created
1823
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Satiric Prints Collection (SA.L02.04)
Format
image
Extent
1 etching
Medium
etching (printing process) on paper; hand coloring on paper; watercolor on paper
Language
English
Identifier
DigID0002802
Provenance
Boston Medical Library
Files
Collection
Citation
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, “The Toothache or Torment and Torture,” OnView, accessed April 18, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12993.