The London Dentist (BM 1935,0522.1.179)
Summary
A companion print to BMSat 6759. The interior of a well-furnished room. The dentist stands in front of a middle-aged woman seated in a chair (left); he holds her forehead with one hand, with the other he applies a small instrument to her mouth. She grasps a glove in her gloved left hand. A black boy in livery stands behind the dentist (right) holding an open case of instruments; he looks round grinning with a finger in his mouth. A young woman stands clasping her hands and looking with an expression of horrified concern at the operation. The dentist wears a bag-wig. A cat arches its back and miaows.
Through a draped sash-window is a gateway to a quadrangle, in front of which a sentry is marching; another sentry's head is visible, indicating St. James's Palace. On the wall is a bird in a cage and an oval landscape. Below it is a settee on which is a guitar. The floor is carpeted. c.1784
Hand-coloured mezzotint
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