The Tooth-Ache, or, Torment & Torture
Thomas Rowlandson|John Fairburn
August 1, 1823 · Hand-colored etching; reprint · Drawings and Prints
A woman, who has called upon a village practitioner for a toothache, sits in a chair at center, while he places his finger in her mouth. His assistant brings him a pair of horse pliers at left. Another woman waits in the background at left, clenching her mouth in agony.
- Artist
- Thomas Rowlandson|John Fairburn
- Date
- August 1, 1823
- Medium
- Hand-colored etching; reprint
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959